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Netscape founder backing Facebook-only web browser?
As if Facebook hasn't already taken over the world, reports are coming in that Netscape's founder Marc Andreessen is backing a new web browser (yes, another one of those) dedicated to viewing the social networking site we all know and love. The browser dubbed RockMelt, which is still very much in the design phase, is supposedly being worked on by all-stars in the development world like Facebook for iPhone developer Joe Hewitt, Firefox creator Blake Ross among others. The project is being headed up by the engineer behind Netscape Navigator, Robert John Churchill.
The rumors also say that RockMelt has it's own URL shortener at me.lt,but information about the browser was quickly taken down from that page.
We're not sure if this is going to be a client for Facebook or a browser that lets you browse the web while keeping your Facebook information, friends and news feed readily available. Either way, it seems kind of redundant to have yet another social media broswer (we all know how others like Flock are doing in this area).
Also, the rumors that people like Andreessen, Hewitt and Ross are behind this is strange. They're all very "web-savvy" guys and usually really in-tune with the noise surrounding social media sites and web browsers. At this point, there really isn't enough information to tell which direction this is going to take, but with all the Facebook clients and web-based operating systems already out there, this seems a little much.
[via Read Write Web]
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Subscribe to commentsDrew GreenAug 14th 2009 9:04AM
Aren't there add-ons for Firefox that allow you to keep tabs on Facebook, Myspace, etc? I don't need ANOTHER web browser.
ErikAug 14th 2009 9:14AM
Meh.... I've always felt like Facebook wants to be its own little crippled version of the internet. Maybe my paranoid rantings aren't as far out as everyone says?
qwertyblueAug 17th 2009 9:39AM
Whats wrong with creating a new browser window just for Facebook? Or even just keeping a tab permanently open for it? Thinking about it, there are probably people who use the internet mainly for Facebook and secondly for a quick search here and there, so it would allow for a distraction free version of Facebook (that doesn't really sound possible), maybe faster too if it only has to render Facebook and its many many annoyances. Combined with the "Facebook Lite" this might be a speedy way to get in and out without much fuss.
I would never personally use it though, new tab is fine for me.