RockMelt
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RockMelt
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Re: RockMelt
#2isn't the "let's put the web inside the browser chrome instead of the main window" quite similar to what flock[1] was already trying?
The world is probably different from a few years ago, so there is probably a higher chance that this might succeed.
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#3isn't the "let's put the web inside the browser chrome instead of the main window" quite similar to what flock[1] was already trying? The world is probably different from a few years ago, so there is probably a higher chance that this might succeed. [1] http://flock.com/
Yes, pretty much. There were high expectations around Flock, but then execution sucked. They took months or years to slowly move to a release... It just never happened.
Also: their site is more boring than SAP. Where are the screenshots? Where are they actually trying to get me as a user?
I think this is definitely something that's worth another try (or two, or three).
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#4isn't the "let's put the web inside the browser chrome instead of the main window" quite similar to what flock[1] was already trying? The world is probably different from a few years ago, so there is probably a higher chance that this might succeed. [1] http://flock.com/
Don't specialised browsers like Flock and now Rockmelt get superseded by browser extensions that provide 99% of the functionality?
You may not be able to put make a tweet this link button right where you want it but you can get pretty darn close.
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#5isn't the "let's put the web inside the browser chrome instead of the main window" quite similar to what flock[1] was already trying? The world is probably different from a few years ago, so there is probably a higher chance that this might succeed. [1] http://flock.com/
Flock failed because it was ugly as hell and painful to use. RockMelt looks like it has a better shot at succeeding.
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#6I'm a little disappointed. A truly social browser should introduce something social that is intrinsic to the browser itself, not just integrate with existing social sites.
A browser should be a basic tool that works equally well for everyone. This browser has Facebook and Twitter built in -- fine for the US/UK market, but what about Europe, South America, and all over Asia, where different networks hold sway? Even if you did try to build integration for all these networks, you would forever be playing catch-up, trying to write a single application with all the features provided by 50 other application development teams. I don't think it makes sense.
What if your browser became the new unit of social networking -- like a diaspora node? That would be truly new, and truly universal, at least in potential.
All that said, this still looks interesting to me -- I'm definitely part of the target demographic. I might even end up using it regularly. I was just hoping for something a little more fundamental.
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#7I'm a little disappointed. A truly social browser should introduce something social that is intrinsic to the browser itself, not just integrate with existing social sites. A browser should be a basic tool that works equally well for everyone. This browser has Facebook and Twitter built in -- fine for the US/UK market, but what about Europe, South America, and all over Asia, where different networks hold sway? Even if…
"This browser has Facebook and Twitter built in -- fine for the US/UK market, but what about Europe, South America, and all over Asia, where different networks hold sway?"
Gotta start somewhere, I imagine they'll be adding more social networks later but it's probably easier to start with the social networks that the developers actually use.
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#8Tired of this concept. I already use my browser to use twitter, facebook, etc. Why does it need to natively support twitter, facebook, etc? I thought the purpose of a browser was to execute web apps, and third-party app-specific clients were supposed to execute a single webapp. The crossover seems unnecessary, and hopelessly proprietary. If at some point, facebook dies and (maybe) something else takes it place, where does that leave rockmelt?
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#9isn't the "let's put the web inside the browser chrome instead of the main window" quite similar to what flock[1] was already trying? The world is probably different from a few years ago, so there is probably a higher chance that this might succeed. [1] http://flock.com/
Flock was a terrific idea, terribly implemented, and likely a bit ahead of its time.
In my view:
1% Idea
33% Team
33% Timing
33% Execution
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#10I'm a little disappointed. A truly social browser should introduce something social that is intrinsic to the browser itself, not just integrate with existing social sites. A browser should be a basic tool that works equally well for everyone. This browser has Facebook and Twitter built in -- fine for the US/UK market, but what about Europe, South America, and all over Asia, where different networks hold sway? Even if…
"This browser has Facebook and Twitter built in -- fine for the US/UK market, but what about Europe, South America, and all over Asia, where different networks hold sway?" Gotta start somewhere, I imagine they'll be adding more social networks later but it's probably easier to start with the social networks that the developers actually use.
Hence my follow-up statement about the impracticality of playing catch-up with every single social network simultaneously. Just keeping on top of changes to Facebook's APIs takes up way more of my startup's time than I'd like.