RockMelt: Web browser pioneer backs new way to surf Net

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9 points·kingsidharth··7 comments

My first impression is that it doesn't seem that new or different. It looks like Google Chrome with social dingleberries on the sides.

And it is kinda distractive too! I can't handle that many notifications popping up every second I am trying to focus. It's good if you are a social media junkie though.

I'm also hoping it doesn't become yet another browser with quirks and idiosyncrasies that devours web developer time.

That said, I doubt it catches on inside corporations because corporations wouldn't want to encourage their employees to waste time updating their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

Gruber said it best:

http://daringfireball.net/linked/2010/11/07/rockmelt

It's basically Chromium with a double sidebar extension system, I wouldn't call it a whole new browser. Most of the video shows how cool web apps are... The chat system is nice though, with dragging and dropping.

Isn't this like that Flock "social browser" that popped up a few years ago? That didn't really catch on. Perhaps ahead of it's time?

Looks like another Flock to me.

There are a bunch of social collaborators/aggregators coming out and this is one of the few I've seen that is a desktop app.

I think the only advantage is taking being able to cache data locally.

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