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tmsbrdrs 27th Jan 2009
Were Flock invited, the response could easily have been "Why not do as much as possible during those few seconds?"
While I type this, I'm also on facebook, myspace, twitter, digg, checking my RSS feeds, checking my email, finding out if any new youtube vids have been added to those I've subscribed to. I could also be writing a blog, uploading photos to flickr, photobucket, facebook or myspace and of course, I could just do a simple google search from my browser, just like any other can do.
Funny thing, on the worst days, Flock only runs at the same speed as FF. It tends to be slightly faster on my PC and I've checked between both Windows and Ubuntu.
Chrome is pure speed, that's it. Firefox is great for extensions, but otherwise is just a really good replacement for IE, albeit, more secure. Opera didn't make it so well on the desktop, but for mobile devices, it's awesome. IE wouldn't exist except that it's bundled into 80% of the worlds PCs. Flock representatives should have been invited, it's more unique in its functionality, more unique in the way the community works, more unique in how quickly any problems are solved not having to do with the gecko rendering engine.
Recently, Facebook changed part of its code, giving problems with the compatibility to the site from the sidebar in Flock. Within a day, the problem had been noticed and fixed and the update had already been sent out. When going into the forums, you'll notice there is staff presense, not just other users, not moderators, but people who work on Flock for a living, people who built the product, that's not something to be taken lightly.
Perhaps the next time one of these "discussions" takes place, all browsers should be represented.
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