Battle of the Social Browsers

If you haven't heard of them yet, social browsers are just another way to post to your Facebook & Twitter (maybe more) profiles. The two main guys are the veteran, Flock browser, and the newcomer who is still in beta, Rockmelt. Both of these browsers are very fast as they are built off of the Chromium project. The way social information is displayed, however, is very different. Flock has a sidebar, where all the data (can be filtered) is displayed in one continuous stream. Rockmelt, or the other hand consists of two "edges" on the left and right side of the screen. On the left is a bar that shows Facebook friends icons, and clicking on them allows you to chat or send them a message. On the right is a bar of all your favorite feeds, which I recommend using your Facebook and Twitter feeds first. In my opinion, the Rockmelt UI is much more feature packed and since it allows for facebook chat right in the browser, it is better. Flock to me seems to be stripped of features for the sake of a simple UI, and I do not see a way to chat on Facebook (tell me in the comments if you know how to). In terms of social networking, Flock wins hands down. Flock has support for Facebook, Twitter, Youtube Myspace (like anyone uses that anymore), and Flickr accounts, as where Rockmelt only supports Facebook & Twitter. Realize though that Rockmelt is still only in beta form. All in all, i think that is is just personal preference for what browser to use. Both are fast, feature packed, and are better than any Internet Explorer or Safari. I posted the videos down below for the promos. Please comment, share, & follow me (link in the sidebar)!

Flock from 1/29 Creative on Vimeo.