Hi Bob3160 and Neal63,
Well I have PocketFlock now too, and ported all my add-ons.
It is great to be able to take Flock wherever I find a USB port.
Thanks you folks,
polonus
I’d like you to let us know when you are writing about future next time even if you can envision future in front of you. 
Bob seems to have his office in flash meida… Don’t let your office stolen or lose it, bob. 
Hello Umath,
Well you see, and Bob showed it to us. The future is already here. Well with PocketFlock in my memory stick, it is waiting for PocketAvast. Say you arrive at a comp, you certainly know your Avast is pristine. It opens up a lot of extra possibilities: the best bootscan you can ask for. So don’t laugh at Bob and me, we feel where the antivirus and firewalling is going…portable partition.
And it is not strange. In the old days Bob and I had a pencil behind the ear and know we have a flash drive round our neck.
polonus
Damian you’re right it’s just i have to go out and buy myself a usb drive(believe it or not i still don’t have it).I see how a
portable AV program could be usefull yes and a portable firewall sounds great also but come to think of it i wouldn’t mind putting all my programs on there(portable Photoshop so i could work on any machine).
Hi ReVaN,
It is not the cost to have this extra partition, my friend. I use USB 2.0 My Flash, it is for Data and it is for Security. Ask your boss to subscribe for a computer magazine, and he will get one for you “za darmo” or gratis, for free. ;D I have got mine from St. Nicolaas (Dec. 5th). Gonna have a look if this ghostwall fw can be ported as a portable apps. Look here for your Bitorrents apps:
http://www.theinfobox.com/index.php/Portable_USB_Apps
Have a nice day,
polonus
Just to post the advantages of Flock over Firefox 1.5.
Here you can see a report of Firefox 1.5 instabilities: http://internetweek.cmp.com/175007058
- Firefox’s use of physical and virtual memory is exceptionally high.
- CPU usage spikes to 100 percent (usually while loading a Web page).
- The browser freezes up for seconds, minutes, or permanently.
- The browser won’t launch until they remove an errant “firefox.exe” process in Task Manager.
- The browser crashes suddenly (usually while loading a Web page).
- The browser has trouble loading specific pages, but there’s no commonality among users as to which pages won’t load.
- The initial launch of Firefox loads slower.
- Third-party application hyperlinks (such as a link in an e-mail message) take a long time to open a new Firefox tab or to launch the browser.
Yes this is happening, but as the report/s clearly state, it isn’t happening to everyone. I have experienced some high memory use up to 114MB but none of the others reported. I have also done the suggested about:config tweak to see if that reduces memory usage.
Unfortunately the bullet points don’t tell the whole story.
I would also like to know, since the Flock browser is based on the firefox core, perhaps this is happening also but because it is not so widely distributed (and the issues raised, not effecting every firefox user), then it is quite possible that it hasn’t been noticed.
Hi DavidR.
I have beta tested the Flock developer’s preview now from day 1. And I test security on Flock. Never crashed on me even once, FF dozens of times, especially when you open it to view an update page (ClamWin version, from ZoneAlarm), slow when you use the full format.
The add-on Fasterfox helps considerably, but Flock is the more stable. leaner, faster browser with the better user-friendliness. And that what it is all about. I think the consistency of the coding bunch of Flock is greater, the noses stood one way, and the results proof it. Both browsers would not bring the difference, nor FF nor Flock, was n’t it for the add-ons like developer toolbar, NoScript, Adblock extra, Dr. Web hyperlink scanner etc. These things really make these browsers shine.
FF does strange things now and again, and not in all cases these things are reproducible. For the not so fainthearted have Flock next to it, and give it a try, or wait one month and a half or two for the official launch of the full version.
Yours truly,
polonus
David
When I don’t use GreenBrowser, there are (IMHO) only 2 other browser choices:
- Flock or,
- Opera
FF has always been slower to start than either of these 2 and since FF latest version,
there are just to many incompatabilities. It’s still on my computer but isn’t being used any more.
Hi bob3160,
Is that a large community using the GreenBrowser, and what made you choose it?
How long have you used it, and what are the plusses for you?
polonus
I’ve used GreenBrowser and I thought it was just like Avant and Maxthon really :-\ I then was tired of all the IE based Browser’s and moved to FireFox. I use IE Tab 1.0.7 “Alpha” and it works most of the time. FireFox does not seem slow to me at all. It loads Images alot faster then IE does anyday.
I’ve used it for serveral years. The following link should answer your questions:
http://www.snapfiles.com/opinions/GreenBrowser/GreenBrowser.html
Well untill two months ago you had never heard of flock much less used it. As I have said, considering it is based on the core I will hold my judgement until 1) it is in a public release and not developers version. That way when it is installed on many more systems with different configurations perhaps we will be able to judge it in the same light as firefox.
I only start firefox once a day and it takes 9 seconds if I do shut it down the second load is quicker, if I used prefetch then perhaps this would be quicker still (sushhhh we do’t want to wake the prefetch bears). So 9 seconds hardly earth shatteringly slow, but I didn’t ditch avast because of the slow boot issues which are rearing their heads. I would do as you suggested some time ago switch on and get a coffee if it were that bad.
I still don’t like the opera interface, no matter how fast it loads and as you keep saying everyone has their own reason for selecting their browser and is their choice.
My whole post included IMHO. By now most of us know that you’re a strong advocate for FF
just as I have my prefernce in GreenBrowser.
That’s what makes us individuals… ;D
Dear DavidR,
Why don’t you download the Flock release and try it on your comp. I am certain by a couple of months’ try-out, that it sure won’t hurt your machine, and you can give a review from personal experience with it. I think the good Lord’s Besemers funds are well spent on this solid browser’s development, and that also must be an appealing thought especially to a subject of Brittania’s Empire ;).
regards,
polonus
I installed PocketFlock on my USB. All I can say is, this browser will rule the browsing world one day. Unbelievable easy to navigate, so light, most beautiful GUI I’ve ever seen in my whole life… so sleek, so neat, so clean… unbelievable.
I guess I waited long enough, and I’m not gonna wait for final release… I’m installing it on both of my machines right this moment. It should be installed on every single system.
Thanks but no thanks, not until it is released to the public late beta, etc. I did consider it but having visited one of the links that you gave, found that you have to sign-up to get the developers release and I couldn’t see the point of that, I’m not a developer.
Having only one system I tend not to use alpha or very early beta releases and the developers release is even earlier than alpha.
So when it gets to that stage then I may try it but like most things I would have to feel dissatisfied to need to look to an alternative. Like I did when I first sought an IE alternate, MyIE (didn’t like the old interface), Avant and Maxthon (ex MyIE improved). However, all those use the IE core ad I’m trying to avoid activeX, BHOs and fully integrated into the OS, that is why I went to firefox and generally I’ve been happy with it. So when I’m good and ready I will seek it out.
I still have a hard time getting my head round the fact that flock uses the firefox core and if there is a problem with the firefox core that should also present itself in flock?
No, if it’s re-programmed properly. There is a lot of Open sources out there, and some programmers just keeps ruining the core, while others make best out of it. I believe it’s the case everywhere with everything. But, really… Flock is one hell of a stable and fast browser, even with the fact that it’s still in Developer’s stage.
Ok guys. I have a question here if you don’t mind. i’m thinking about turning over to Opera one more time and I need to know is it really… worth going back to since the 8.5 release? Could somebody please tell me who’s better here. Fire… or… Opera?!
when I was on Opera for awhile I got the feeling it loaded pages and kept them in memory very well. I had no problems besides on this one site but they had a fix for it. Although the Memory usage tat alot of users had still worrys me :-\ FireFox any has a big Issue on it. So… what’s up? FireFox or Opera :o
I know I could just download Opera and test it and all that junk but I would like a vote :
You already have my answer… ;D