RockMelt Social Web Browser Revealed
RockMelt, a new browser backed by Mosaic and Netscape web pioneer Marc Andreessen, tightly integrates web browsing with social networking, letting users easily track their Facebook friends, Twitter feeds and changing news feeds, while surfing the web. RockMelt is not the first attempt to reimagine the web browser as a social tool. Back in 2005, the Flock browser was released with similar ambitions. Initially based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine, the forthcoming 3.0 version of Flock will, li
November 11, 2010
When you first launch the RockMelt browser, it asks for your Facebook login information. Once it starts, it automatically logs into Facebook and integrates Facebook information directly into the browser interface. This includes a list of Facebook friends (show with small image thumbnails) that runs down the left hand side of the browser window.
This listing could be customized to show favorites, which are selected simply by hitting a star next to the person's image. Clicking on a friend's thumbnail displayed their most recent status and provides the option to chat with that person or post on their wall.
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From the upper left hand corner of RockMelt, users can quickly view their most recent Facebook or Twitter status updates.
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A bar down the left hand side of the RockMelt browser provides easy viewing of Facebook friends and their status updates.
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Clicking on the thumbnail image of a friend pops-up a window where users can chat with the friend or post to their Facebook wall.
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Users can customize RockMelt's left side Facebook friends by selecting friends as Favorites, which makes sure those friends are always listed in the browser.
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In RockMelt, any web page you are viewing can be instantly tweeted or posted to your Facebook wall by clicking the Share button next to the address bar.
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The integrated search bar in RockMelt searches both the web and your Facebook friend listings.
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The bar on the right-hand side of RockMelt offers quick access to news feeds, Twitter and your Facebook news feed.
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Clicking the Twitter button in RockMelt lets users quickly view their Twitter feed from within the browser.
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Users can customize the feeds show in the right-side bar of RockMelt and can add any site that has an RSS news feed.
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Users can customize the feeds show in the right-side bar of RockMelt and can add any site that has an RSS news feed.
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Review: RockMelt Takes Browser Social With Facebook Integration
RockMelt Offers Social Web Browser
When you first launch the RockMelt browser, it asks for your Facebook login information. Once it starts, it automatically logs into Facebook and integrates Facebook information directly into the browser interface. This includes a list of Facebook friends (show with small image thumbnails) that runs down the left hand side of the browser window.
This listing could be customized to show favorites, which are selected simply by hitting a star next to the person's image. Clicking on a friend's thumbnail displayed their most recent status and provides the option to chat with that person or post on their wall.
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Review: RockMelt Takes Browser Social With Facebook Integration
RockMelt Offers Social Web Browser
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