自从首次发布 Flock以来，我逐渐喜欢上了这款基于 Firefox 的浏览器。它是我笔记本上使用最广的第二大浏览器，仅次于 Firefox。我之前唯一的抱怨是完全缺乏第三方插件或扩展，我认为这对更好的浏览体验至关重要。
最近，Flock（版本 0.9）的新版本发布有了很大改进，我更喜欢它了。
不仅媒体集成效果更佳，内置的 RSS 订阅阅读器也很棒。但最重要的是，我在 Firefox 上运行的扩展/插件工作得很好（尽管浏览器会提醒可能存在不兼容）。还有内置的拼写检查器。
搜索工具栏中默认的搜索引擎曾经是 Yahoo，但现在您可以在偏好设置中进行设置，选择以下任意一个——Yahoo、Google、Ask、Wikipedia、Netvibes Universe、eBay、Wink 和 Technorati。您还可以启用实时搜索，在输入关键词时会弹出搜索结果下拉列表。该下拉列表功能称为“Search Elsewhere”，在比较不同浏览器的搜索结果时非常实用。希望他们能尽快在列表中加入 Dictionary.com。
Hey Yuga,
Thanks for the feedback. We’re always mulling over this issue…how do we make something like that pop/speak for itself without being annoying? Any suggestions as to what would have worked for you?
Flock’n’roll,
Evan Hamilton
Flock Community Ambassador
evan at flock dot com
I’ve been using flock and firefox and some time IE, for comparison of the browser and some testing on my sites. But firefox, yield most of my expectation, thus the percentage of using firefox over flock is around 60% firefox, 30% flock and 10% IE and others.
It is also nice to see that one flock team visited your blog, you really rock!
Hi Evan,
Thanks for the tip. Now I understand why that orange bar kept on popping. A great product like Flock should speak for itself. Keep on improving!
Hey yuga,
Thanks for the kind words, glad to hear that you’re enjoying Flock! We’re totally stoked to have 0.9 out to the public, and we’re already plugging away on very significant innovations and additions that will be released soon.
By the way, you can add Dictionary.com to your Flock search…just go to dictionary.com, click the glowing search icon in the address bar, and then click the “Dictionary.com” dropdown that appears. Viola, dictionary.com should be in your search (I actually have it plugged in right now and use it all the time!).
Flock on!
Evan Hamilton
Flock Community Ambassador
evan at flock dot com
I used Flock for a long time. It’s only recently that I’ve switched to Firefox because of the lack of plugins (as you’ve pointed out). But I still love it better than firefox! :D
that’s good news. i actually use two browsers, Flock and Firefox. but lately, i find myself using Flock most of the time because it loads faster than FireFox. as for the rest of the browsers (IE6/7, Safari) i use it only for testing.
Hi Evan,
I think most users will be familiar with that popping orange bar sooner or later. How about adding a check-box in the Preferences to turn it off once in for all.
That way, those who already know how to use it will have the option to disable that bar. Sometimes, the simplest solution is the best.