Will web users Flock to social surfing?
New Scientist Breaking News - Will web users Flock to social surfing?: "A “social” web browser has been created to meet the needs of a new generation of web users who want to edit, comment on and share web content, rather than just peruse it.With the underlying capabilities of a basic web browser like Microsoft's Internet Explorer or Mozilla's Firefox, the new browser, called Flock – after the buzz it hopes to create – adds features specifically designed to make writing, editing, sharing and displaying web content faster and easier...
Flock is also designed so that as you type your blog and paste photos, you see the blog exactly as it will appear when it is published, a highly desirable and time-saving property known as WYSIWYG (pronounced “whizz-ee-wigg”), for “What You See Is What You Get”.
“It’s still crude but the potential is there,” says Tanglao. A single button lets you switch between the underlying html code, and the WYSIWIG image.
Flock also highlights how open source projects can foster innovation. Its basic browser capabilities use the same code as Firefox, which can be built upon by anyone because it is open source. “It has all the benefits of Firefox and adds some really cool features,” says Arrington.
Even less tech-savvy users will flock to Flock’s “social bookmarking” feature, Tanglao hopes.
This allows bookmarks to be accessed from any PC and shared to create an index of popular tagged pages that can be searched by other users. This capability is currently provided by the site http://del.icio.us but is not yet used by many mainstream web surfers. "
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