Flock Ditches Firefox in Favor of Chromium

Now here is a real bummer. Flock Inc., company behind well known social web browser has released the very first Beta of Flock 3.0.

What’s so special about that?
It appears that the latest version of Flock is now based on Chromium instead of Mozilla’s Firefox.

According to developers, this will help them to offer a much faster and better product for all the users.

There is also a bunch of new features, you may read more about them here.

Download Flock 3.0 (Windows only).

What do you guys think about this change?

Thanks to Blake, Sebastian Kraus and Shane Bundy for the news tip.

Weekly Browsers Recap, January 11th

• Microsoft’s collaboration on SVG is a win for the open Web
• Serious IE and Windows flaws left to fester
• Download Internet Explorer 8 Optimized for Xbox 360
• Next Firefox major update, “Lorentz”, could be a minor
• 40% Firefox Growth in 2009
• Undo Closed Tabs and Windows in Firefox
• Do we need extension dependencies?
• Jetpack 50-Line Code Challenge Winner is Crowne
• Mozilla Drumbeat Aims to Expand Web Participationd
• Rebuilding the Plugin Directory
• Google-HTC Prepping Chrome OS Tablet
• Chrome sets browser security standard, says expert
• Google Taps Cooliris To Enable Media Browsing On Nexus One
• Opera Magazine now online
• Opera expands mobile SDK lineup amid losses
• WebKitGTK+ hackfest improves HTML renderer for GNOME apps
• Flock 2.5.6 Now Available
• Doing more with data

Thanks a lot to Nox for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, December 21st

• Bugs and Fixes: Zero-Day Patch for Internet Explorer 6 or 7
• Mozilla exec: Bing is not popular enough for Firefox
• Mozilla thinks mobile Firefox will kill app stores
• Firefox 3.5 is Now the World’s Most Popular Browser
• Jetpack goes mobile
• Firefox, Adobe top buggiest-software list
• Firebug may slow down Firefox
• Congrats Mobile Add-on Challenge Winners
• Five Ways to Cover Firefox in Chrome
• Give the Gift of Google Chrome this Christmas
• Chrome Drops Safari Into Fourth Place Among Browsers
• Native JSON support in Opera
• Opera Mini 5 beta 2 now available in 26 languages
• European Commission and Microsoft Elect To Include Flock In Browser Ballot Screen
• Browser Ballot Screen: Maxthon to be included as well

Thanks to Nox for links!

Weekly Browsers Recap, November 2nd

• Security fixes, JavaScript update bog down Internet Explorer 8
• Light the World with Firefox
• 3+ Awesome Ways to Make Sense of FireFox Tabs
• Beware the Fake Google Chrome OS Download
• Google sued for Courgette updates for Chrome web browser
• Opera Unite: Application of the Week
• Browser speed comparison – HTC HD2 vs Acer neoTouch vs iPhone 3GS
• Camino 2 Release Candidate Available for Download
• Flock Releases Spanish Language Web Browser

Thanks to Nox for links.

Weekly Browsers Recap, September 21st

• Microsoft Internet Explorer SSL security hole lingers
• Electrolysis Firefox builds are now available
• Firefox Windows Theme Project (Progress Report) #4
• WebGL in Firefox Nightly Builds
• Mozilla speeds Firefox development
• Can Chrome Shake Up the Browser Market?
• Browser Wars Mobile Edition: Opera Mini 5 Beta on the Blackberry Storm
• Camino 2.0 Beta 4 Released
• Maxthon Releases Version 2.5.8 of Browser

Thanks to Nox and Shane Bundy for links.

Webware 100 Winners Announced

The final list of Webware 100 winners has been finally published on cNET.com.

So who won in browsing category?

Diigo
Firefox
Flock
Google Chrome
iGoogle
Internet Explorer 8
Maxthon
Opera
Safari
XMarks

Webware 100 (Browsing) – The Finalists

If you would like to support your favorite web browser by voting at cNET Webware 100, feel free to do that now.

Poll includes the following browsers: Camino, Firefox, Flock, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer 8, Lunascape, Maxthon, Opera, Safari, Skyfire and WebKit.

Flock Dumps Mozilla’s Firefox, Welcomes Google Chrome

TechCrunch is reporting that the upcoming version of social browser Flock will be built on Google’s Chrome platform.

Why they are dumping Mozilla’s Firefox? While there are no official statements on this decision, TechCrunch writes:

“Sources say that they’ve become frustrated with Mozilla’s lack of attention to Flock’s needs. One source says Flock felt like the “red headed step child of the Mozilla development community.” Sources are also saying that Flock feels that Google Chrome is far easier to work with than Firefox.” Read more

Girls as Browsers (Pics) v2

If web browsers were girls… Here is how they would look like.

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Browser Head to Head: Chrome vs. Firefox vs. Flock

An article on 3 web browsers: Firefox, Google Chrome and Flock. Safari and Opera were left behind.

Read the article.

There were few interesting comments on that article though. For example:

“Opera hasn’t changed, there’s nothing new or exciting, nothing to talk about. People don’t ignore Opera, they just don’t really care about it.”

While this is not 100% correct, I actually find it true when viewing all the “browser war” and/or web development related articles around the web.

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