Comment 1 for bug 332312

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In , Gabriel Puliatti (r00t) wrote : Re: Bug#335459: ITP: flock -- mozilla-firefox based social web browser

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 12:41:43AM -0500, David Moreno Garza wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: David Moreno Garza <email address hidden>
>
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> * Package name : flock
> Version : 0.4.9
> Upstream Author : Flock Inc.
> * URL : http://www.flock.com/
> * License : GPL under the MPL base of Firefox.
> http://www.flock.com/developer/licensing_FAQ.php
> Description : elegant mozilla-firefox based social web browser
>
> Specially built for a new generation of Web users, Flock is designed
> for those who are not satisfied with the current media online browsing
> experience.
>
> Flock is turning the browser into a dashboard for collaborating, blogging,
> sharing photos, etc.

This sound a little like marketing speak.

>
> Built under the Mozilla Firefox codebase.
>
> Note: Yes, I know this description may seem a little pretentious
> and very comercial. Improvements for this are very welcome.

Perhaps some talk on the actual things it does? Why is it a social
browser?

Something like:

"Flock is a social browser and uses del.icio.us, etc."

Like, why is it a 'social' browser?

>
> - -- System Information:
> Debian Release: testing/unstable
> APT prefers unstable
> APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
> Kernel: Linux 2.6.12-1-686
> Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1)
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Gabriel Puliatti
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