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Chunkford

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Rockmelt vs Chrome
« on: June 21, 2012, 03:22:05 PM »
Following on from SRware Iron vs Chrome  http://th3core.com/talk/hardware-technology/srware-iron-vs-chrome/, I started looking around for other browsers based on Chrome and stumbled across Rockmelt - http://www.rockmelt.com/

Well.. I've installed it, plugged it into my facebook account (which you need), and WOW!
I've added multiple twitter accounts, a gmail account plus a few other news sites that I normally read and I must say I am very impressed so far

The only thing I'm worried about is will I be able to do any work now!
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #1 on: June 21, 2012, 06:10:06 PM »
Update:

I've had a play and I'm demoting it to my leisure browser.
There's no way I can work with all that stuff going on!
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2012, 05:19:18 AM »
I thought RockMelt was more of an SNS aggregator than a browser. Would it be any good as a TweetDeck replacement?
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #3 on: June 22, 2012, 09:58:27 AM »
I thought that when I started adding twitter accounts but then there's no apps for facebook pages, linkedin, google+, myspace etc. I've tweeted them to see if they're planning anything, but I've had no reply. Will keep ya posted if I do

I liked it at first, and within the excitement I made this thread. But then the novelty wore off, and that's what it was really, a novelty.

BTW I'm loving Opera at the mo. It might actually be my first choice of browser now rather than firefox. Just need to use it for awhile more before I settle on it tho :)
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #4 on: June 22, 2012, 01:10:00 PM »
>Opera

Always my first choice for general browsing.
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2012, 12:30:22 AM »
> Opera
You're preaching to the choir there. ;)

> RockMelt
I see that it's a Chrome variant, so it's go that going for it. Otherwise I haven't seen glowing reviews from anyone who is even the slightest bit technical. This is not the browser you're looking for. Move along.
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2012, 07:34:05 AM »
I have always liked Opera, but it fell short for me cos I depend on a few extensions that just weren't there.

I just given it another try, and most, but not all, of the extensions I need are there now - just missing an extension to switch proxies quickly.

Any of you Opera fans know if such a thing exists?

All I can find in their extensions area is a generic proxifier that doesn't seem to let you load in a list of your own proxies.
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2012, 12:58:37 PM »
4eyes -

The only proxy extension I know of is Antibrowsniffer
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/antibrowsniffer/

It lets you change proxies quickly, but I do not think you can add you own list of proxies.

I had to start using Antibrowsniffer (love the name) when Yahoo Mail started locking me out of their new and improved and never to be completed email service.

Proxies available: Opera, FF, IE, Chrome
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2012, 01:06:02 PM »
There is another one, only for Opera 12:
https://addons.opera.com/en/extensions/details/user-agent-changer/?display=en

I've not used it.
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Re: Rockmelt vs Chrome
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2012, 10:01:28 PM »
thanks chaps - not really what I need sadly

Will have to keep checking every month or so to see if one appears.
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