Looks nifty... Signed up for that Beta

http://www.rockmelt.com/

11/8/2010 1:20:45 AM

So I'm seeing a chrome clone with facebook and twitter integration?

98% of the video was using the facebook API, with weak at best integration with the other services.

~meh~ I'm all for 'new/cool' browsers. But until they hit 10% marketshare I'm not testing websites on them

11/8/2010 3:19:35 AM

So this is pretty much Flock 2, right?

Don't know that I want to be handing over a lot of personal info to a beta version of a browser backed by some mystery company.

11/8/2010 9:31:30 AM

Yeah basically.... Think they are banking on people's online identity and FB being one and the same and stressing the connectivity/efficiency that can provide over email and even IM/text. Already a fair amount of sites where you dont even sign in anymore, just connect via FB

11/8/2010 10:27:56 AM

If it's not webkit based I'm not interested

11/8/2010 11:17:15 AM

Auto RSS Feed powered browser that is intergrated with facebook / twitter. grats.

11/8/2010 11:28:51 AM

Works pretty well. Still trying to get used to it.
As others have said it is pretty much what Flock should have been.
Chrome+Social Media. If you don't mind the busy sidebars it works pretty well.
RSS feed integration is pretty cool. I will give it a try for a few days.

11/8/2010 10:21:08 PM

Quote :

"As others have said it is pretty much what Flock should have been"

and is now, ever since Flock 3 came out

11/8/2010 10:26:56 PM

Quote :

"If you don't mind the busy sidebars it works pretty well."

That should rule out everyone who has celebrated their 12th birthday.

[Edited on November 9, 2010 at 9:18 PM. Reason : Seriously, that is some Fisher-Price - My First Web Browser shit right there. ]

11/9/2010 9:16:59 PM

DO NOT WANT

11/9/2010 9:19:56 PM

^^Chrome basically gives off that vibe already

so did Flock 2 and earlier

and the garish default theme for Opera 9.5

Quote :

"If it's not webkit based I'm not interested"

the rendering engine is WebCore, just like Chromium and all of its other derivatives, and just like them it uses the V8 JavaScript engine instead of Webkit's JavaScriptCore (a.k.a. "Squirrelfish")

11/9/2010 9:30:59 PM

DO NOT WANT

a browser should not be dependent on specific web services to operate.

It's just a really weak gimmick that doesn't warrant anything more than a browser extension.

11/10/2010 10:24:18 AM

Quote :

"^^Chrome basically gives off that vibe already"

chrome gives off a busy sidebar vibe??? ummm....

11/10/2010 10:48:21 AM

exploring the Beta, loving it so far... great integration, very clean considering (basically only as cluttered as you let it be), and FB isnt going away anytime soon, so I love that its based off of an online service

11/11/2010 12:55:17 AM

^^^You can't add those sidebars in a Chrome extension.

11/11/2010 9:04:35 AM

Kudos to Chrome then.

11/11/2010 9:44:19 AM

and here's a FF exttension to accomplish the same thing.

http://f1.mozillamessaging.com/



(I don't even know why I keep coming across stuff relevant to this thread/Rockmelt, I'm not even particularly interested in the subject matter)

11/11/2010 3:31:10 PM

EYES.... BURNING!!

11/11/2010 9:24:05 PM

11/13/2010 5:32:01 AM

I am still liking it, have officially switched over... got 5 more invites if anyone is interested

11/23/2010 10:48:45 PM