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Flock: free web browser based on Firefox

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I discovered this web browser by accident and was amazed by it's ease of use, speed and features. Flock is a free web browser based on Firefox. Amsterdam based analytics firm OneStat reports that Firefox had a 16% of U.S market share and Flock usage was aggregated into total “Firefox” usage.

I downloaded Flock and loved it's clean but familiar interface. Flock uses Yahoo (which I've been using more often for my web searching) as their default search engine.

Photo Sharing

With Flock's photo commenting feature you can add comments to photos on websites such as MySpace, eBay or LiveJournal with Drag - and - Drop. Flock also allows you to crop, rotate and batch upload pictures to your photo sharing websites. 

It notifies you when your friends post new pictures and lets you view them directly in the Flock photobar. Upload, tag, edit and view photos all in one intuitive spot.

Blogging

Flock includes a built in editor, photobar and snippet feature that allows you to manage post blog materials all from one place. Flock works with most blogging services like Blogger, Drupal, LiveJournal, MoveableType, Typepad and WordPress. See the tutorial.

Web Searching

Since I am not big fan of blogging, photo-sharing and websites such as MySpace the feature I liked the most was the search box.

Flock search box delivers search results from your local favorites and history, search engine  and news as you type your search term. This makes it really easy to get to get the results you really want.

Subscribing  and organizing news feeds is another well done feature. You can easily save and retrieve your favorite news stories and articles.

Flock is still in beta releases. They  seem to be doing a great job of posting news releases regarding updates or problems in their blogs.

Try it and let us know what your thoughts are on this new web browser.

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