Comments on: Flock 0.8 Is Looking Pretty Darn Good http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/ Technology News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:53:50 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Evan Hamilton http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/comment-page-1/#comment-96846 Evan Hamilton Tue, 29 May 2007 22:49:35 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/17/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/#comment-96846 Hey Ryan, Thanks for the in-depth review. Your feedback will be passed on to the team. As we're still in QA we haven't seen many reviews of 0.8 yet, so it was very informative to read yours. @Rory: We've gone through a number of growing pains in the last year, but we have a new CEO (Shawn Hardin) onboard who set an ambitious release schedule for us in January...and we're still on schedule. Expect to see 0.9 (same thing as the 0.8 that Ryan reviewed here) in 6-8 weeks and 1.0 later this year. <strong>Evan Hamilton Flock Community Ambassador</strong> <em>evan at flock dot com</em> Hey Ryan,

Thanks for the in-depth review. Your feedback will be passed on to the team. As we’re still in QA we haven’t seen many reviews of 0.8 yet, so it was very informative to read yours.

@Rory: We’ve gone through a number of growing pains in the last year, but we have a new CEO (Shawn Hardin) onboard who set an ambitious release schedule for us in January…and we’re still on schedule. Expect to see 0.9 (same thing as the 0.8 that Ryan reviewed here) in 6-8 weeks and 1.0 later this year.

Evan Hamilton
Flock Community Ambassador
evan at flock dot com

]]> By: Ryan http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/comment-page-1/#comment-96194 Ryan Fri, 18 May 2007 15:55:34 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/17/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/#comment-96194 <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-96172">Anonymous wrote:</a><blockquote>it looks really nice. i'm using it now. the only thing about flock i can't figure out is how to get my firefox bookmarks to show up after pressing favorites. i don't like having to scroll down then arrow over to get to them. any ideas?</blockquote></div> I tried playing around to see what I could come up with, and I got nothing. Sorry. :cry: <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-96175">Rory wrote:</a><blockquote>I am interested in the progress of Flock, I just wonder why it is so painfully slow to come out? I have this mental block that until it reaches the 1.0 release it is in a perpetual stage of beta. Can you offer any reassurance that I'm over-reacting?</blockquote></div> In a way I'm the same way. It has been really slow to progress which worries me that it will always be lagging behind the latest version of Firefox. However, it looks like they are putting a lot of time into developing an interface that is easy-to-use so that even novice users will be able to understand it. When Flock 0.8 makes its way out I would say that it is as good as a version 1.0 release. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-96177">Pieter wrote:</a><blockquote>Man, that thing looks nice!</blockquote></div> That's what I was thinking. They have done a great job puting together a skin that not only looks good but is also functional. Kudos to the design team. <div id="commentquote"><a href="#comment-96186">Sridhar Katakam wrote:</a><blockquote>From my memory, Flock had the most hyped-up launch and then it didn't live upto its expectations. Let's see how it performs now.</blockquote></div> Their launch was pretty hyped, but that was still in the very early stages. I think the next version that makes its way out the door will be even bigger in terms of the hype it gets, and this time around it won't be nearly as disappointing. Anonymous wrote:
it looks really nice. i’m using it now. the only thing about flock i can’t figure out is how to get my firefox bookmarks to show up after pressing favorites. i don’t like having to scroll down then arrow over to get to them. any ideas?

I tried playing around to see what I could come up with, and I got nothing. Sorry. :cry:

Rory wrote:
I am interested in the progress of Flock, I just wonder why it is so painfully slow to come out? I have this mental block that until it reaches the 1.0 release it is in a perpetual stage of beta.

Can you offer any reassurance that I’m over-reacting?

In a way I’m the same way. It has been really slow to progress which worries me that it will always be lagging behind the latest version of Firefox. However, it looks like they are putting a lot of time into developing an interface that is easy-to-use so that even novice users will be able to understand it. When Flock 0.8 makes its way out I would say that it is as good as a version 1.0 release.

Pieter wrote:
Man, that thing looks nice!

That’s what I was thinking. They have done a great job puting together a skin that not only looks good but is also functional. Kudos to the design team.

Sridhar Katakam wrote:
From my memory, Flock had the most hyped-up launch and then it didn’t live upto its expectations. Let’s see how it performs now.

Their launch was pretty hyped, but that was still in the very early stages. I think the next version that makes its way out the door will be even bigger in terms of the hype it gets, and this time around it won’t be nearly as disappointing.

]]> By: Sridhar Katakam http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/comment-page-1/#comment-96186 Sridhar Katakam Fri, 18 May 2007 13:27:00 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/17/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/#comment-96186 From my memory, Flock had the most hyped-up launch and then it didn't live upto its expectations. Let's see how it performs now. From my memory, Flock had the most hyped-up launch and then it didn’t live upto its expectations. Let’s see how it performs now.

]]> By: Pieter http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/comment-page-1/#comment-96177 Pieter Fri, 18 May 2007 08:48:33 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/17/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/#comment-96177 Man, that thing looks nice! Man, that thing looks nice!

]]> By: Rory http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/comment-page-1/#comment-96175 Rory Fri, 18 May 2007 07:55:12 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/17/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/#comment-96175 I am interested in the progress of Flock, I just wonder why it is so painfully slow to come out? I have this mental block that until it reaches the 1.0 release it is in a perpetual stage of beta. Can you offer any reassurance that I'm over-reacting? I am interested in the progress of Flock, I just wonder why it is so painfully slow to come out? I have this mental block that until it reaches the 1.0 release it is in a perpetual stage of beta.

Can you offer any reassurance that I’m over-reacting?

]]> By: Anonymous http://cybernetnews.com/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/comment-page-1/#comment-96172 Anonymous Fri, 18 May 2007 05:11:39 +0000 http://tech.cybernetnews.com/2007/05/17/flock-08-is-looking-pretty-darn-good/#comment-96172 it looks really nice. i'm using it now. the only thing about flock i can't figure out is how to get my firefox bookmarks to show up after pressing favorites. i don't like having to scroll down then arrow over to get to them. any ideas? it looks really nice. i’m using it now. the only thing about flock i can’t figure out is how to get my firefox bookmarks to show up after pressing favorites. i don’t like having to scroll down then arrow over to get to them. any ideas?

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