Developers of a “social” Web browser called Flock have released a new test version which you can check out here.
Flock uses building blocks from Mozilla, an open-source community in which thousands of people collectively develop free products. This new version includes improvements from Mozilla’s Firefox 3 browser, which is scheduled for release later today.
Flock is a littler different from your ordinary everyday browser though. It’s design is focused around the social aspects of the internet, integrating directly with Social Networking websites and applications like Digg, Facebook, Loconut and Twitter.
For example, Flock’s media bar lets you view images from Yahoo Inc.’s photo-sharing site Flickr without having to visit Flickr directly.
This newer version also promises to display Web pages faster and run complex Web applications like Google Inc.’s Gmail twice as fast as the previous version. It also adds protection from sites known to distribute viruses and other malicious software.
Flock released the test browser Monday for Windows, Mac and Linux computers. Firefox 3, in tests since November, has a final release due out Tuesday for the same platforms.
