As work continues on code issues throughout the meetube.com site, we often use browsershots.org to check the consistency of the site’s appearance across every browser and platform imaginable. There are OS’s and browsers out there I’ve never even heard of (Yeah, hello tech support? I’m running Seamonkey 1.1 on BSD and my e-mail isn’t working…) but one browser in particular caught my attention because it showed up in my site statistics… That would be Flock…

Now before you get crazy and accuse me of being in someone’s pocket for mentioning another “product” in what is supposed to be an indie music video blog, just hear me out a second… First off, I can assure you I’m in no one’s “pocket”… If I was, I’d have some money and this site would be a lot different :b. Secondly, after spending just two days messing around with it, I can see that Flock really isn’t just a browser. It’s literally a social networking control center, the likes of which I’ve never seen.

Technically speaking, it’s a Mozilla based browser but it bears no similarity to any Mozilla products I’ve seen in the past. It certainly functions like any other browser and has been smooth and glitch free since install but that’s just the half of it. If you’re doing any social networking online (if you’re in a band, you damn well better be) this browser puts every social networking entity at your fingertips with the notable exception of MySpace. Why it’s not “plugged in” to MySpace I don’t know but everything else integrates right into the browser itself. Blogger, WordPress, Xanga, Twitter, Facebook, Flicker, YouTube… All of them, and many more have widgets and plugins that apparently let you control all of your social networking activities right from one customizable surface. Like I said, I’ve only been working with it for a couple of days so clearly i don’t know everything, but even if you don’t use this thing as your default browser you should give it a try. If you want to make the most of your time pimping the band online, Flock 1.0 puts all that social shit right in front of you…