Comments on: Who Says Flock Switching to Chrome? Not Flock http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:14:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Jonathan http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162579 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:10:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162579 Why not. Most of the internet users were switching and getting used to chrome’s speed and smartness. There is every reason for ‘Flock-people’ to go for a switch.

]]> By: Flock Dumps Mozilla for Chromium http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162578 Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:03:03 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162578 [...] a browser solution like Flock consider moving to Chromium when Mozilla makes a superb browser? As Om said last year when discussion regarding a potential platform change for Flock started, it all comes down to mobile. While Mozilla continues [...]

]]> By: The Browser Is Dead — Long Live the Browser http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162577 Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:38:14 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162577 [...] Google’s Chrome already enables shortcuts to be placed on the desktop, start menu or quick-launch bar in Windows OS machines. It strikes me that moving tabs toward the outsides of the browser display window is merely a first graphical step towards freeing the app entirely from the browser. Eventually the tabs may disappear altogether, with complex web applications, including those from Google, humming in their individual “containers” and reached via direct click, not via a browser tab. [...]

]]> By: Fave Software Roundup – Firefox Plugins | The Logicfish Blog http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162576 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 18:42:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162576 [...] Who Says Flock Switching to Chrome? Not Flock (gigaom.com) [...]

]]> By: Flock Contemplates Migrating from Mozilla Code to Chrome | google android os blog http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162575 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:31:44 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162575 [...] UPDATE TO THIS STORY: Om Malik, on GigaOm, covered this story yesterday as well. For his post, "Who Says Flock Switching to Chrome? Not Flock," he notes a Tweet from Flock employee and director of engineering Matthew Willis saying this: “No, we haven’t switched. We’ve looked at it, just as we’ve looked at Mozilla 2, and will look at whatever else is promising.” Check out more details in the GigaOm post.  [...]

]]> By: Why OmniWeb Failed : Inelegant Solutions http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162574 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:12:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162574 [...] In the meantime though, it seems that the “free browser, split search revenue” model for the browser is going to remain the focus. It’s made the non-profit Mozilla Organization a ton of cash and seems to be keeping Flock afloat, even with barely six million users. [...]

]]> By: Is Flock Switching to Chrome ? http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162573 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 08:26:05 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162573 [...] Gigaom says that the news is not true. They have only looked at it, to see possiblities, just as they did with [...]

]]> By: Asa Dotzler http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162572 Wed, 04 Mar 2009 04:13:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162572 The only problem with that sentiment is that Chrome, Safari, and Firefox are all “within the margin of error” on JavaScript performance. Moving to an entirely new code base based on almost immeasurable JavaScript performance differences doesn’t make a lot of sense.

Firefox is actually coming out slightly ahead of Chrome in JS perf and slightly behind Safari in JS perf.
http://www.cnet.co.uk/i/c/blg/cat/software/safari4_benchmarks/pc_benchmarks1.jpg

- A

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162571 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:40:42 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162571 @Jonathan

you are absolutely right. it is a faster DOM and a faster javascript engine which makes it a better execution engine for web apps

]]> By: Jonathan Dingman http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162570 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:13:11 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162570 Flock would definitely be interested in Chrome because of the new Javascript engine that Chrome has. Since a lot of what Flock is about is social networking, and a good majority of the social networking sites out there utilize AJAX in some fashion, it only makes sense that Flock would want a core browser that has a fast Javascript engine.

]]> By: Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Beginning of March ‘08 blogging http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162569 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 20:27:56 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162569 [...] Is Michael Arrington mis-reporting on purpose? [...]

]]> By: Gadget Sleuth http://gigaom.com/2009/03/03/flock-says-it-hasnt-switched-to-google-chrome-from-firefox/#comment-162568 Tue, 03 Mar 2009 18:51:57 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=41462#comment-162568 I like Chrome, but it needs more work before it’ll be ready for prime time, in my eyes.

]]>