What the FLOCK happened

I remember, just a short time ago, that just about every tech related site that I looked at had some sort of mention about Flock. In case you didn’t know, Flock is an open source web browser that incorporates some cool social features. However, I’ve noticed, lately, that I haven’t seen or heard anything more since Flock opened up its Developer Preview. I took a look at Alexa to see what was going on with their traffic. I know Alexa’s not the most accurate source, but it does give a pretty good representation. Looks like they had a huge spike in traffic for the month of October, which is the same time they started releasing the browser to those of us who were interested. The initial release was by invite only but now, I see they have it open to anyone willing to download. I wonder why, then, after a little more than a month, we haven’t seen more people rushing over to try out Flock ? Or, at least, why aren’t Tech sites talking about Flock like they once were?

Does the Flock browser suck? No, it doesn’t. Actually, it’s pretty nice. I was one of the early people to download Flock and try it out. Like any product in developer preview, it has bugs, but they’re being worked out. For me, I’ve tried to use the Flock browser at least once a week and keep up with the current version. I have no major complaints about the browser that hasn’t already been addressed. However, the big problem that I see for Flock overall is trying to convince people to switch from Firefox. I know for me, it’s been a joy to use Firefox for the last few years and, let’s face it; most of us are creatures of habit. It took me a long enough time to get MS Explorer out of life and it was a horrible product. What is Flock going to do to convince me and other people that their browser is superior? I guess we’ll have to wait and see. Until then, I’ll keep using Flock at least once a week.

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