My continuing coverage of RockMelt, the Chrome-based browser with integrated Facebook and Twitter interaction, continues with a major upgrade today. RockMelt has long focused on its tight integration with Facebook and it appears Facebook is paying attention. Beta 3 of RockMelt has seen collaboration with Facebook in order to make its integration tighter and more …
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May 07
RockMelt Hits Beta 2, Diamond out of the Rough
The RockMelt browser project was of particular interest to me back when it was first announced in 2010. The notion of browsers with social networking integration is not a new concept, but it looked like RockMelt could be one of the first to really do it well. The development team, backed by Netscape founder Marc …
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Mar 22
The Digital Gravitas Guide to Browsers: 2011
It is hard for me to think of a software war that sees more action than the browser wars. Today the browser is probably the single most important program on one’s computer. We live in a world where not having a computer connected to the Internet is unthinkable (kinda makes me wonder how I survived …
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Nov 14
Rocking out with RockMelt
On friday my invitation to RockMelt, a new social media browser, came through. So naturally I have promptly downloaded the software and spent some quality time with the browser. Yeah, its only been a few days, but so far I’ve come to some pretty good conclusions. The primary one being this: RockMelt is a total …
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Nov 08
Meet RockMelt: A Social Browser
In the world of computing, I face few dilemmas more daunting than which browser to use. About 6 months ago, on the eve of Firefox 3.6 release, I even published a basic break down of the multiple browser options so I could weigh their pros and cons. Ironically, in those 6 months I have removed …
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Jan 21
Browser Wars: What to Pick?
Today was an interesting day for browsing the internet, and one that has simply added to my dilemma. Today Firefox 3.6 was released, an update to the venerable browser that brings more speed, better performance, and scraps the inefficient themes system for the more streamline and gorgeous “Personas” customization. The Personas are actually extremely good, …
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