Off and on over the last week I have been trying the alternative Web browser, Flock, as my main window on the Web world as well as a tool to stay in touch with folks on Twitter. Flock is really an offshoot of the Firefox browser, and if you are like me and you have been living life in either Firefox or Minefield recently, it is easy to have Flock import your settings and bookmarks and get up and running in no time at all. What makes Flock an interesting alternative is how it integrates with the cliche Web 2.0 services - Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, del.icio.us, etc. You can log in to each of these services through the browser and manage and interact with your content. You can do all of this in another Firefox browser or with Safari or OmniWeb, but Flock is built with this interaction in mind from the start. For instance, by offering the option to see Twitter posts from those you follow in a sidebar on the left side of the browser, I can limit how often I go to the tab where Twitter is open in the full browser and yet still see what people are talking about. No other browser that I am aware of for the Mac offers this same all-in-one, dashboard view. My verdict so far - Flock is an interesting alternative. I am still debating if I should shift to Safari as my main browser since I will be buying an iPhone soon, but Flock is still in the running. It works with Google Docs, gives me a fully capable view of Gmail and opens my eyes to some cool imagery through the media bar tied to Flickr.

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