Flock Social Browser Declares War on RockMelt With Version 3.5
Flock, the self-described “social web browser,” is responding to the launch of RockMelt with the release of Flock 3.5, which boasts greater speed and added functionality.
The browser touts social integration, primarily through a sidebar that lets users update their Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn statuses. It also has a multitude of link-sharing features, the ability to group friends across multiple services and a “Social Search” feature that displays what a user’s friends are saying about a specific query.
The major change from version 3.0 to 3.5 though is that Flock is now based off of Chromium 7, an upgrade from Flock 3.0’s Chromium 5 roots. Flock’s Mac version is also now based on Chromium; the previous version ran off of Gecko.
In addition to the version 3.5 release, Flock also announced that it now has 9.5 million users based on installs.
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