For the third time I tried to use ultra cool Flock as a browser.
No go. Again.
Flock is only in beta release, but very basic features do not seem to work on my Mac laptop.
Is there no way to switch posting to my 3 different blogs?
And if I change the default search engine from crappy Yahoo to excellent Google, it defaults back to Yahoo.
And why does the home page take so long to load?
I will give the good folks at Flock a few more months to work out the bugs.
===== original post July 22, 2006
Flock.com — The web browser for you and your friends
It’s for real. Flock is the state of the art web browser. This is the direction Internet Explorer, Firefox and the rest will be going.
Flock is perfect for someone who wants to post a blog and integrate Flickr photos. It’s perfect for me.
Yet I will not be switching. I can already do the many things Flock now automates. There is no killer feature compelling enough for me to jump ship from Safari, my current browser.
But if you are thinking of starting a blog yourself, follow the instructional video on screencastsonline.com — exactly.
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Rick McCharles 
Hey Rick,
Glad to hear you’re digging Flock, even if you’re not using it as your main browser. What kind of feature would it take for you to want to use it all the time?
Cheers,
Will Pate
Community Ambassdor, Flock
Good to hear from you Will.
As I said, there is nothing Flock does that I do not already have easily available using Safari and Firefox. It would take time and effort to switch.
The only feature I do not already have is “Click and hold to categorize and tag.”
I MIGHT like this feature. Currently I do not use more than 8 or 9 bookmarks anyway. I can find anything I need as quickly by SEARCH.
But I will try to find time to play more with FLOCK. I appreciate that Safari has as much competition as possible. It is far from perfect. And Firefox for OS X is even worse.