Comments on: Changing My Default Web Browser to Something Else More Web 2.0 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/ A blog about Knowledge Management, Communities, Collaboration, Learning, Social Computing and Work/Life Balance Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:26:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » Flocking away with Cardinal http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-6167 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » Flocking away with Cardinal Fri, 16 Jun 2006 19:42:56 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-6167 [...] I was even more happy when I actually saw a couple of days ago how some of the folks that I normally follow are actually moving to Flock as well as their preferred web browser. If you would remember I actually made that move myself a few months back and up until now I do not regret it a single bit ! I just love the experience. For the last few months I have been getting more and more involved with the so-called Web 2.0 or social software movement and I must say that if there is any successful factor that I can mention that has helped me adopt quite a few of the different offerings out there that is all down to Flock itself and how it has managed to integrate quite nicely all of the different offerings that everyone would possibly be interested in. It is just superb to be able to create a weblog post, to share my favourite bookmarks online with others, to browse through my Flickr account looking for pictures I want to share, to use some of my favourite flock extensions (FireFTP, ChatZilla, Performancing for FireFox, IE Tab, GreaseMonkey, Session Manager, etc.), to read some of my favourite RSS feeds (The rest are going into Omea Pro and Newzie), etc. etc. The list goes on and on and on. [...] [...] I was even more happy when I actually saw a couple of days ago how some of the folks that I normally follow are actually moving to Flock as well as their preferred web browser. If you would remember I actually made that move myself a few months back and up until now I do not regret it a single bit ! I just love the experience. For the last few months I have been getting more and more involved with the so-called Web 2.0 or social software movement and I must say that if there is any successful factor that I can mention that has helped me adopt quite a few of the different offerings out there that is all down to Flock itself and how it has managed to integrate quite nicely all of the different offerings that everyone would possibly be interested in. It is just superb to be able to create a weblog post, to share my favourite bookmarks online with others, to browse through my Flickr account looking for pictures I want to share, to use some of my favourite flock extensions (FireFTP, ChatZilla, Performancing for FireFox, IE Tab, GreaseMonkey, Session Manager, etc.), to read some of my favourite RSS feeds (The rest are going into Omea Pro and Newzie), etc. etc. The list goes on and on and on. [...]

]]> By: elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-820 elsua: The Knowledge Management Blog Tue, 21 Mar 2006 12:55:55 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-820 <strong>Comparison of Web Browsers - Wikipedia Does It Again!...</strong> Ha ! And then there are folks who tell me that Wikipedia is just another web site where information flows in a messy manner. Ha ! (Again!) Those folks obviously have not been using Wikipedia long enough or they haven't...... Comparison of Web Browsers – Wikipedia Does It Again!…

Ha ! And then there are folks who tell me that Wikipedia is just another web site where information flows in a messy manner. Ha ! (Again!) Those folks obviously have not been using Wikipedia long enough or they haven’t……

]]> By: E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » QumanaXP - My New Default Weblogging Tool http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-593 E L S U A ~ A KM Blog » Blog Archive » QumanaXP - My New Default Weblogging Tool Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:13:44 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-593 [...] Certainly, a lot more user friendly than w.bloggar. Performancing for FireFox does not seem to be working for Flock 0.5.12, now my default web browser, and Flock’s weblogging component is something that I will still use every now and then, specially for that lovely integration with Flickr. But for the time being, I am quite content with QumanaXP and will probably stick with it for a little while now, since all of my weblogs are working quite all right with it. It is good to finally have one weblogging tool out there that doesn’t feel to me like I need to focus on the technical aspects of the weblogging environment but more just focus on the content itself. Quite an achievement ! [...] [...] Certainly, a lot more user friendly than w.bloggar. Performancing for FireFox does not seem to be working for Flock 0.5.12, now my default web browser, and Flock’s weblogging component is something that I will still use every now and then, specially for that lovely integration with Flickr. But for the time being, I am quite content with QumanaXP and will probably stick with it for a little while now, since all of my weblogs are working quite all right with it. It is good to finally have one weblogging tool out there that doesn’t feel to me like I need to focus on the technical aspects of the weblogging environment but more just focus on the content itself. Quite an achievement ! [...]

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-386 Luis Suarez Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:31:06 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-386 Hello Erwan and welcome to <a href="http://www.elsua.net" rel="nofollow">elsua</a> ! Thanks very much for dropping by and for sharing your thoughts above ! This is some excellent stuff and something I will be looking forward to. I have just downloaded one of the latest daily builds and will be checking out those new options you mentioned, plus the one other feature you mentioned over at your weblog: <a href="http://loisant.org/caffeine/2006/01/flocks-mini-mapper.html" rel="nofollow">Flock's Mini Mapper</a>. That one looks very good, too ! I hope I may be able to make some good use out of it. Thanks again for dropping by and for the feedback comments ! Hello Erwan and welcome to elsua ! Thanks very much for dropping by and for sharing your thoughts above ! This is some excellent stuff and something I will be looking forward to. I have just downloaded one of the latest daily builds and will be checking out those new options you mentioned, plus the one other feature you mentioned over at your weblog: Flock’s Mini Mapper. That one looks very good, too ! I hope I may be able to make some good use out of it. Thanks again for dropping by and for the feedback comments !

]]> By: Erwan Loisant http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Erwan Loisant Sun, 29 Jan 2006 15:32:03 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-384 Jean-Francois Arseneault: <i>Another thing, Flock only supports Yahoo properties for now (del.icio.us and Flickr), and no way to add additional social bookmarking or photo services for now - isn’t that odd, for a project that wants to be open and flexible?</i> That was just an implementation problem in 4.10. The devs just picked up the services they preferred (and at that time del.icio.us was not owned by Yahoo!) A new version will be released very soon, and you can already download a nightly builds to try the new features. You will see that Flock already supports Shadows, a bookmark sharing site not affiliated to Yahoo! that supports privacy. You can also have local favorites if you don't trust Shadows. It's already extensible to other services, all you have to do is to write an xpcom component. Not very well documented yet, I know. You need to search in Ian's blog for the explainations. The photo sharing module is also generic in recent builds, even if there is no other implementation that Flickr yet. Jean-Francois Arseneault:
Another thing, Flock only supports Yahoo properties for now (del.icio.us and Flickr), and no way to add additional social bookmarking or photo services for now – isn’t that odd, for a project that wants to be open and flexible?

That was just an implementation problem in 4.10. The devs just picked up the services they preferred (and at that time del.icio.us was not owned by Yahoo!)

A new version will be released very soon, and you can already download a nightly builds to try the new features. You will see that Flock already supports Shadows, a bookmark sharing site not affiliated to Yahoo! that supports privacy. You can also have local favorites if you don’t trust Shadows.

It’s already extensible to other services, all you have to do is to write an xpcom component. Not very well documented yet, I know. You need to search in Ian’s blog for the explainations.

The photo sharing module is also generic in recent builds, even if there is no other implementation that Flickr yet.

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-382 Luis Suarez Sat, 28 Jan 2006 20:24:11 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-382 Sure thing, Bill ! I would be interested in finding out what you think about it, specially since you also have been blogging for a while and see how you like the experience. Thanks for replying back that you will try it out. Have a good one ! Sure thing, Bill ! I would be interested in finding out what you think about it, specially since you also have been blogging for a while and see how you like the experience. Thanks for replying back that you will try it out. Have a good one !

]]> By: Bill Grant http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Bill Grant Sat, 28 Jan 2006 18:45:50 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-381 Hi Luis-- I knew you would find some screenshots! I'll give it a shot, as promised. ;-) Cheers, Bill Hi Luis–

I knew you would find some screenshots!

I’ll give it a shot, as promised. ;-)

Cheers,
Bill

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-380 Luis Suarez Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:06:17 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-380 Hello Bill ! Thanks a lot for the feedback ! Indeed, the homepage does not seem to have too many pictures about the browser itself bit if you head over to <a href="http://www.flickr.com" rel="nofollow">Flickr</a> you would be able to find plenty of them, like, for instance, <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/factoryjoe/sets/1082355/" rel="nofollow">this particular Flickr set</a>, where it is actually showing 18 different screen shots of what the browser looks like and the different features worth while noting that it has. Really nice ! Have a look and see if those will do and if not I will go ahead and take some more myself and then share them over here as well. See what you think. Thanks again for the feedback and welcome to <a href="http://www.elsua.net" rel="nofollow"><i>elsua</i></a> ! Hello Bill ! Thanks a lot for the feedback ! Indeed, the homepage does not seem to have too many pictures about the browser itself bit if you head over to Flickr you would be able to find plenty of them, like, for instance, this particular Flickr set, where it is actually showing 18 different screen shots of what the browser looks like and the different features worth while noting that it has. Really nice ! Have a look and see if those will do and if not I will go ahead and take some more myself and then share them over here as well. See what you think. Thanks again for the feedback and welcome to elsua !

]]> By: Bill Grant http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-375 Bill Grant Sat, 28 Jan 2006 05:58:53 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-375 OK -- maybe I will try out Flock, on one condition. You have to point me to a screenshot. (Maybe I'm slow, but I couldn't find a single picture of the application on that website.) You show me a screenshot, and I'll take the plunge and install it. :-) Bill OK — maybe I will try out Flock, on one condition. You have to point me to a screenshot. (Maybe I’m slow, but I couldn’t find a single picture of the application on that website.)

You show me a screenshot, and I’ll take the plunge and install it. :-)

Bill

]]> By: Luis Suarez http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-356 Luis Suarez Sat, 28 Jan 2006 03:59:28 +0000 http://www.elsua.net/2006/01/27/changing-my-default-web-browser-to-something-else-more-web-20/#comment-356 Yes, indeed, Jean-Francois, that is exactly what I meant. I was just getting overloaded with the huge amount of extensions I have tried out and it was about time to cut off on them since it was becoming unusable. That is one of the things that I have enjoyed from Flock during the last few weeks; that it has allowed me to increase my productivity with plenty of native features available where FF would be providing them only through extensions. That, to me, is a big winner, although I agree with you as well and see the value of having a good number of extensions to choose from. In the end it is just a matter of choice and see which one would meet your needs. For mine Flock would do the trick. FireFox didn't. Yes, indeed, Jean-Francois, that is exactly what I meant. I was just getting overloaded with the huge amount of extensions I have tried out and it was about time to cut off on them since it was becoming unusable. That is one of the things that I have enjoyed from Flock during the last few weeks; that it has allowed me to increase my productivity with plenty of native features available where FF would be providing them only through extensions. That, to me, is a big winner, although I agree with you as well and see the value of having a good number of extensions to choose from. In the end it is just a matter of choice and see which one would meet your needs. For mine Flock would do the trick. FireFox didn’t.

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