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Apps for Communication How RockMelt Will Battle Chrome In 2012: Identity, Apps, Communication | TechCrunch

@Dexter Hart
These guys are way ahead of the curve. This browser is the beezneez. I is perfect, RSS feeds on the left, FB chat on the right, with a little bell on the top to turn off all things social, when you want to get your work done. I really think these guys are on to something. Kutos to Rockmelt!
@Deric Bowles
I really like the idea of this, but I'm a bit nervous of putting ALL of that information into a browser I know nothing about.
@Brett Jackson
I understand your concern, Rockmelt's sole interest is raping your family.
@Gary Aleksandrovich Sheynkman
Brett Jackson HAHHAHA best reply I've seen on TC in ages. Kudos sir.
@Nick McGhie
I use RockMelt almost exclusively and love it. The design and UI has improved with each and every update. Looking forward to version 5 beta!
@Ryan Nelson
WOW! This is probably the best browser we've.....okay, it IS the best browser we've seen. Kudos to RM and team, especially the devs. I know the coding, scritping and programming has to be nothing short of open-skull surgery. The real miracle would be if a social network platform did everything like this for us too..wait..that's what I'm working on! Shhhhh!
@Rohit Hegde
You had too much sugar in your coffee today :-/
@Robert Anhalt
Tried it out on launch when it suffered catastrophic failure from too much Facebook API access. Almost broke the internet. But it felt too much like Flock, which I used for a while, but had to give up (along with everyone else since it's gone) because having too much basically prevents you from browsing the web. Anyone ever use Flock and Rockmelt?
@Andy Fortson
Rockmelt had so many issues when it first launched. But it's gotten to a really great point now. I couldn't imagine browsing without it.
@George Adams
A $40 million clone of chrome with a bunch of crap added on it...why not use chrome itself with a few extensions, if you really need all that facebook crap following you around that is...
@Rafael Perez
Silence Mode = Chrome with 2 or 3 extra buttons + faster at browsing and page handle than Chrome, simple
@Matt Labour
the word 'gotten' is in there twice. “We haven’t gotten gotten to the ‘iPhone of the browser space’, but that’s where the future lies,”.
@Ernesto Camacho
I tried this browser some time ago, but really didn't like the clutter it created... Too much distraction on the side panels. I rather have the simple notifications on top, which is already available in Chrome.
@Manii Shay
Watch out: It looks shiny and nice from outside but This browser pretty much know everything about you, they will problly use the data to sell it to advertisers.
@Durgesh Kaushik
Did you pay any money to use Linkedin, or read great content on Techcrunch or use Facebook to connect to your friends and post this comment? No one sells 'your' data.
@Geo Rodriguez
TechCrunch should have did a story on these guys a year ago. I messaged Will back when he was making the jump from Maximum PC to Wired saying they needed to do a cover story on these guys too. I am that confident in their vision. There are interviews that have been done months ago now, but can give you an insight to what Eric and Tim's team are setting out to accomplish. I've been using it since it went public beta. In that time I have messaged both Eric and Tim, and some of their teem with ideas, some which have made it into builds. I'm calling user error on everyone who can seem to understand just how, what and why it is this browser is bringing, and has continued to bring to the table in that short time to the browser. I've seen not only Chrome, but even other mobile browser's use RockMelt like built in apps and tools in this time. RockMelt is the leading edge in browsers development, and innovation. I have continued to support, praise and evangelize for them since day one. I've discussed privacy, remote management/wipe, log in concerns, security, Android. Everything from ideas of not only allowing FB long in, but why not Twitter? Other social networks? Other ways to circumvent the need of codependency of FB servers. The dangers of revolving around one prominent service of social. As of now, it stand as mentioned, yes, you log in with your user credentials for Facebook. Your experience revolves largely around the social space of not only consuming information, but sharing, and discovering new forms in which to consuming them as well. The "Social Browser" is Eric and Tim's creation. It started with these two. We can go threw numerous browsers who have attempted and come before, as many have. This is the pinnacle of those past and future attempt's at bridging our ever changing social technologies with newer browser technologies. If your the guy/sitting at your PC/Mac right now after a clean install of RockMelt, and your having trouble seeing the benefits of a "Social Browser", the ease of read later, RSS heaven, built in native chat, twitter, Google Voice, Tumblr apps etc etc.. on and on. Then your probably the same individual who is trying to understand why "all these kids are always on their phones". In that case, boot up your Windows XP, and brows happily from an outdated version of which ever version of IE your still refusing to update. For everyone else who is with the times. This is the future. Social browsing is what your ALREADY doing regardless if you want to admit it or not. To all the naysayers: Open your eyes. Your more than likely already using Chrome browser extensions like some of you have mentioned. And guess who's team implemented good portion them first? I can't rememerber how many times I've tweeted Eric and Tim, or @RockMelt and said "heyy, such and such browser is now doing this new thing. Sound familiar" You people really kill me on these forums. You post on here, never using the browser, no history of browsers, and with a mind of set of confused ever aging grandparents trying to understand just what these kids are doing on there cell phones all the time. Even if after giving it a chance, I'm positive the naysayers wouldn't have the slightest idea of how to use it for time management, productively, social, as it's intended. I get his preconceived notion that your the same guys still toting around a BlackBerry too. Eric and Tim for president. Leading the way in browser innovation: RockMelt.
@Mattieu Gamache-Asselin
Wait, that's not a screenshot of Chrome? o.O
@Heddi Cundle
I'm a HUGE Rockmelt lover and early adopter. I'll check out the new Chrome social browser as/when it launches but I believe most people will stay true & loyal to Rockmelt. I'm a serious serial super fan and cannot function without it (...and chocolate)!
@Grs Dev
Reading these comments tells me that you're either using a Mac or Linux or not aware that most of these features that RockMelt claims are already baked into Windows 7 and IE9.
@Rakesh Verma
Thank god you used the word "battle" as against the word "kill" that they usually use in article titles as these. :D
@Sam Records
What battle: are they even close to call it a battle? Or does this David possess some nuke to take on Googliath?