Shock and horror: Bing Toolbar allegedly copied RockMelt!

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  Charles SchlossFriday, March 11, 2011 3:00:01 PM

  Then there is Bing using a trick to get Google results
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  Paul GeorgeFriday, March 11, 2011 5:17:40 PM

  Tend to agree with you Haavard, I'm amazed that anyone is willing to install the Bing bar in the first place.
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  GroovyFriday, March 11, 2011 6:09:26 PM

  Yep, that's how it goes in browsers world.
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  FransSaturday, March 12, 2011 9:53:30 AM

  Originally posted by haavard:

  And as far as I can tell, the ideas in RockMelt aren't exactly novel, new or revolutionary either. Remember Flock?

  
  Everything I've read about RockMelt (which isn't much) described it as Flock, but based on Webkit rather than Gecko.
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  glacheSunday, March 13, 2011 12:26:44 PM

  I tried out Rockmelt for a bit. I really liked their side bars--it's *excellent* for RSS feeds. The only annoying bit was, of course, being permanently connected to FB and receiving notifications every 5 secs (but I guess that's the point of it). I actually considered swapping, but I didn't find the interface as customisable, and you have to install extensions for notes and what not. I did put a suggestion though, for us to integrate the RSS feeds feature somehow better into the panel--Rockmelt allowed you to read as you go (like expanded view of Google Reader) whilst Opera's doesn't, and the images turned out a lot better (on average) on Rockmelt's RSS feeds.
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  Cutting SpoonMonday, March 14, 2011 3:30:25 PM

  If I want Facebook in my sidebar, I'll just bookmark it into the panel. I think some browsers have "prettier"(?) RSS readers, but Opera works much better if you have many feeds (like 100+) because you can gather all of them in one view.
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  glacheTuesday, March 15, 2011 1:06:38 AM

  True. But I really liked the read as you go expanded view. I don't have many RSS feeds so it's ok. I decided to compromise and use Google Reader instead. Yeah I didn't like being connected to FB 24/7, but at the time I didn't know you could drag it into the panels. When I found out you could, I tried but I didn't like it because FB mobile hides people's comments by default and it's usually the comments I find interesting. So I just have to open FB everytime instead. Oh well, can't have everything in life.