Flock is dead • Hacker News Board

Re: Flock is dead

#11

Post by anotherjesse » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:11 PM UTC

It was fun working on flock. I still work with many of the guys I met there.

"Wanted to destroy something beautiful" - http://factoryjoe.com/blog/2005/12/29/wanted-to-destroy-some...

Re: Flock is dead

#12

Post by simonhamp » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

Wait, there was another browser based on Mozilla that then moved to Webkit that then died? Who knew?

Re: Flock is dead

#13

Post by k-mcgrady » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

I always liked the idea behind Flock but the UI was too cluttered and confusing every time I used it. Definitely too confusing for any regular user to be able to use it effectively (and therefore near impossible for it to ever gain as much traction as the 'big' browsers - even now when social is huge).

Re: Flock is dead

#14

Post by gordonguthrie » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:18 PM UTC

ryanglasgow wrote: post #8

Hipchan wrote: post #5

Good news or bad news for RockMelt?

Bad. It proves RockMelt doesn't solve a pain-point.

I like RockMelt - I tried Flock but it did nothing for me...

Does RockMelt have a business model? dunno. But RockMelt solves the pain of twitter/facebook/linkedin fire hoses (for me)

Re: Flock is dead

#15

Post by rodion_89 » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:23 PM UTC

windsurfer wrote: post #7

golgo13 wrote: post #6

No love for Opera, Flock people?

Flock was open source, so presumably they prefer open source browsers.

If that was the case I assume they would have put a link to Chromium rather than Google Chrome.

Re: Flock is dead

#16

Post by michaelpinto » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:23 PM UTC

The original release of Flock was amazing back in the era when blogs were new, but sadly they seemed to unfocus after a bit of time.

Re: Flock is dead

#17

Post by Androsynth » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:24 PM UTC

golgo13 wrote: post #6

No love for Opera, Flock people?

Zynga is a web development company. They have no love for browser fragmentation; it means multiple environments they have to develop and test for.

Re: Flock is dead

#18

Post by ThomPete » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:29 PM UTC

gordonguthrie wrote: post #14

ryanglasgow wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bad. It proves RockMelt doesn't solve a pain-point.

I like RockMelt - I tried Flock but it did nothing for me... Does RockMelt have a business model? dunno. But RockMelt solves the pain of twitter/facebook/linkedin fire hoses (for me)

I would pay for RockMelt. Simply love it.

Re: Flock is dead

#19

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:41 PM UTC

ThomPete wrote: post #18

gordonguthrie wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I like RockMelt - I tried Flock but it did nothing for me... Does RockMelt have a business model? dunno. But RockMelt solves the pain of twitter/facebook/linkedin fire hoses (for me)

I would pay for RockMelt. Simply love it.

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Re: Flock is dead

#20

Post by taylorbuley » Tue, Apr 12, 2011, 10:41 PM UTC

Androsynth wrote: post #17

golgo13 wrote: post #6

No love for Opera, Flock people?

Zynga is a web development company. They have no love for browser fragmentation; it means multiple environments they have to develop and test for.

Amen brother. That said, since Flock was build on Webkit I don't know if there's any less fragmentation caused by Flock flying the coop.