Flock 1.1.1
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| Search with Flock is slightly different from other browsers because as text
| is typed in, Flock will start searching from the web as well as a user's
| favourites and history. These initial results are shown in a drop down menu.
|
| Note that versions for Mac OS X and Linux are available from the Flock
| website.
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http://business.pcauthority.com.au/download/flock-111.aspx
Mozilla's Asa Dotzler on Firefox, Fighting Bloat and the Problem with Democracy
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| And of course, for all the people who have had problems with Mozilla's
| performance and resource usage, the latest releases of Firefox are rocking
| now. We're the fastest browser on the planet. We're the lightest browser on
| the planet. And that's something we haven't been able to brag about for a
| while. But we're beating everyone right now, and with Firefox 3, we're going
| to ship a browser that's best across the board.
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http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2008/03/mozillas-asa-do.html
Safari, the blob, has just been humiliated in public.
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Flock 1.0 Coming Fall 2007
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| When Flock 0.9 launched it was a pretty big overhaul, and now their next big
| milestone is Flock 1.0 which currently has a vague release date of Fall 2007.
| Honestly this is the dream browser for any heavy social network user out
| there, and hopefully they’ll pursue more of the less tech savvy people who
| use MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube because I can guarantee that they would
| absolutely love it.
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http://cybernetnews.com/2007/09/18/flock-10-coming-fall-2007/
Review: Flock - Open Source Social Media Browser
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| Flock is just released version 1.1 including new features like Picasa
| integration and web mail integration with Gmail and Yahoo! mail. I really
| like the inclusiveness of the Flock browser. The sidebar is very useful but
| it’s hard to be deep with every feature set such as the RSS feature and the
| Twitter integration. I think the web clipboard is very useful but there are
| other types of clipboards that are universal for all your applications are
| better tools for someone going to Where I think Flock falls down is in it’s
| resource footprint, it seems to be a little sluggish in comparison to
| Firefox. If you want fast performance and don’t care about all the other
| stuff then stick with Firefox but if you want a single tool for all your Web
| 2.0 needs you can probably save some time with Flock but you will still
| probably need some of your favorite Firefox extensions to make it meet all
| your needs.
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http://socializedsoftware.com/2008/03/07/review-flock-open-source-social-media-browser/
Flock 0.9 lands gracefully
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| The Flock project has been building a "social Web browser" since 2005.
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http://www.linux.com/feature/114656
Flock: social browser gets significant update
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| However, with version 0.9 comes a major UI redesign, and some significant
| new functionality, as well as a foundation built on top of the latest
| Firefox 2 codebase.
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/social/?p=236
Firefox 3's better performance and memory improvements
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| At the Mozilla "open house", Mike Schroepfer, Mozilla Corporation vice
| president of engineering said that beta 5 of Firefox 3 will come out next
| week. It will be the last beta before release candidate 1, which is due for
| May; Firefox 3 should ship in June or before, if possible.
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http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/syslog/viewblogpost.htm?p=339270943
Mozilla speeds up Firefox
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| Firefox 3.0, released this week, is dramatically faster than its predecessor
| and rivals, benchmark tests claim -- the result of hundreds of performance
| improvements designed to make the open-source browser the best at running
| complex Web 2.0 applications, Mozilla's chief developer said this week.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php/id;1185319451;fp;2;fpid;1
Firefox 3 Beta 4 is 5x faster than IE7, 3x faster than FF2
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| The almost-but-not-quite-final beta of Firefox 3 (FF3 beta 4) is now
| available for download. The most noticeable improvement is speed. In some
| tests, it’s three times faster than Firefox 2 (meaning the test completes in
| 1/3 the time), and a whopping five times faster than IE 7...
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http://blogs.zdnet.com/Burnette/?p=548
Mozilla: Firefox 3 beats IE7 and Opera in memory tests
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| Work done to plug Firefox's memory leaks and reduce its RAM profile has paid
| off, two of Mozilla's engineers said Friday, as they claimed that the newest
| beta of their open-source browser uses less memory than rivals such as
| Internet Explorer and Opera.
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=1368883081&rid=-50
Firefox 3 Memory Usage
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| Looking at the graph:
|
| * All browsers increase in memory use slightly over time, but the Firefox
| 3 slope is closer to 0.
| * The peak of Firefox 3 is lower than the terminal size of Firefox 2!
| * The terminal state of Firefox 3 is nearly 140MB smaller than Firefox 2.
| 60% less memory!
| * IE7 doesn’t appear to give any memory back, even after all the windows
| are closed!
| * Firefox 3 ends up about 400mb smaller than IE7 at the end of the test!
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http://blog.pavlov.net/2008/03/11/firefox-3-memory-usage/
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