In certain country, the exploded use of social networking like Facebook and Twitter have changed the most favorite mobile phone in society. The BlackBerry mobile phone for example is sold to people who want to update their status in social networking. Facebook and Twitter not only have changed the mobile, but also the browser. If you access the social networking from your computer, you need to open at least three tabs or windows: your work, your facebook and you Twitter. Anytime you want to see the status updates, you need to click on the bottom bar, read for while, leave comment or share for while and then back to your main tab or main windows. What would you say if someone build a browser allows you to see what happen in the social networking? You don’t have to click and leave the current tab to see the social networking.
RockMelt is born to enjoy the social networking while you work on your browser. It is developed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria and backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen. This is the reason of why Rockmelt is called as facebook browser. Before Rockmelt, Flock has developed a browser with social networking built in feature. But it was not booming. The experts say that Flock was developed when the use of social networking is not yet as popular as now.
Rockelt serves as browser and as social networking website. Your monitor will not be the same like you have in google chrome, mozilla firefox and internet explorer. On the left thin bar is the list of your online friend in facebook. Click the green button showing online, you can chat with them. The right part of the displayed is the bar for your social services, RSS feeds, and plug-ins. If you open a webpage, there is “share” button to click if you want to bring the web to others. The best thing about this new look of browser is the easy share, comment, invitation. You can get connected to your social networking anytime you open your browser.
What would be the drawback? The drawback is more on the benefit of combining facebook and browser. Some companies block facebook to make their staffs to be more focused on their work and not trapped in social activity. What happen in Rockmelt is even it is encourage people to be distracted from their work, busy doing update status, share the webpage, asking or sending invitation.
Rockmelt work in cloud system which carry all the setting, default , etc. It enables you to login in any computer and still have all the features, setting. developed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria and backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen.
Rockmelt comes later, after Flock the socio networking browser which not welcomed with highly enthusiast. The browser is created with two small banner vertically allows the user to see the status of facebook and the do interactive activity such as chat, send invitation, etc. It is fun to be stay connected in facebook.The drawback will be on the time management in office if you keep distracted from your main work in the computer.
