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Aside from Firefox and Internet Explorer, there are many other web browsers around the web. Some of these browsers have come and gone, while some still remain simply trying to get a piece of the users’ pie being shared upon by Firefox and IE. One of these browsers which has remained steadfast despite the dominance of the other two browsers, is the social browser Flock.

Flock has been around the block, silently growing its user base and introducing new features here and there. And so, now responding to the socialization of the web, Flock has become even more social with the addition of support for a few major web players, Digg, Pownce and AOL Mail into version 1.2.

The three web services add up to the growing list of web entities being supported by Flock which already include Yahoo, Gmail, Flickr and Facebook among others. Taking a look at how the three newly added service works, Digg lets you submit news stories, videos and images from the Flock browser directly to the Digg website. In addition, Flock also supports Pownce, a mainstream microblogging tool similar to Twitter, and in addition to its file sharing functionality, Flock also lets Pownce members share comments. Finally the AOL Mail integration, this lets the browser send you alerts for changes in your mail box. This is similar to the email alerts that pops out of the Firefox browser from time to time.

Honestly, we think Flock is actually a pretty decent web browser that certainly has some top-of-the-class features. We couldn’t help wonder why it hasn’t gone mainstream yet and why its membership base has not grown that much. This might be the right time for Flock to get out of its shell and start spreading its wings. The web badly needs a good alternative to browser giants - Firefox and IE.

Via [Mashable]

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