Scrivs, a well known figure in the “blog world” has gone on his Whitespace site and posted that Flock, a new browser based on Firefox, just does not do anything for him.

I have yet to actually try Flock and therein lies part of the problem. I never tried it because I didn’t see a need for it. I don’t need another browser and I certainly don’t need another way to blog or view del.icio.us links. Flock simply doesn’t solve any problems that I am having with my daily computing experience, while Firefox did back in the days.

Part of what made Firefox so successful was that it came at the right time. It came at a time where many people were frustrated with IE and businesses were getting tired of IE’s vulnerabilities. When a company switches software there is a good chance that people will go home and begin to use the software, but companies don’t switch unless there is a underlying need to do so. I can’t think of any reasons why a company would need to switch from Firefox over to Flock.

I have tried Flock, and while I agree with much of what he said, I do think that Flock will appeal to a small group of people.