Rockmelt is a discontinued proprietary social mediaweb browser developed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria based on the GoogleChromium project, incorporating social media features such as Facebook chat, Twitter notifications and widgetised areas for other content providers such as YouTube and local newspapers. The Rockmelt web browser project was backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen.^[2] As of April 2013, Rockmelt discontinued its desktop web browser, replacing it with a collaborative project bringing together social elements from various sources.^[3]

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Rockmelt was created by Rockmelt, Inc., located in Mountain View, California.^[4] The final version, 2.2.0, was released on February 9, 2013.

On August 2, 2013, Yahoo! acquired Rockmelt. Rockmelt apps and the website were shut down after August 31, 2013. Yahoo! plans to integrate Rockmelt’s technology throughout various products.^[5]

History[edit]

• November 7, 2010 - Rockmelt for PC and Mac launches in private beta ^[6]
• March 11, 2011 - Rockmelt for PC and Mac launches in open beta ^[7]
• April 19, 2011 - Rockmelt for iPhone launches ^[8]
• October 11, 2012 - Rockmelt for iPad launches ^[9]
• December 20, 2012 - a new Rockmelt for iPhone launches ^[10]
• April 11, 2013 - Rockmelt for Web launches ^[11]
• June 19, 2013 - Rockmelt for Android launches ^[12]
• June 27, 2013 - Rockmelt for Windows launches ^[13]
• August 2, 2013 - Rockmelt is acquired by Yahoo^[5]
• August 31, 2013 - Rockmelt mobile applications pulled off of web^[5]

Reception[edit]

Rockmelt was positively received by Tom’s Guide, though they noticed that the RAM consumption was higher than Chrome or Firefox. The browser's “Edges” were called “the three most prominent features of the RockMelt browser”.^[14]

Notebook Review, while comparing Rockmelt to Flock, gave Rockmelt 4.5 stars out of 5, with the absence of extension support being the most noticeable issue with the browser. “The social networking integration is worlds better than Flock’s, and .. there are at least some very useful features that RockMelt leverages. The news feed really is well done, and the Facebook handling is certainly better than Flock.”^[15]

In a beta preview by Techcrunch, Rockmelt received mixed reviews mostly due to the browser using Chromium as its base, with a number of concerns whether the browser would find its audience.^[16] Race compatibility mod skyrim se xbox one.

In a short review by PCWorld, Megan Geuss stressed the overall Facebook integration of the browsers, which would not work for every user, while also praising the performance of Rockmelt: “the fledgling browser works really quickly. It did an even better job than Chrome at processing HTML5”.^[17]

A PCMech review of Rockmelt stressed how easy it was to share content via Rockmelt, and the browser received praises for the option to add additional feeds. “It is easier than manually going to Twitter or Facebook and is most certainly easier when managing feeds for the web sites you visit often. On top of that, it looks good.”^[18]

References[edit]

1. ^'Rockmelt Terms of Service'. 2011-12-13. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08.
2. ^Helft, Miguel (2009-08-13). 'Netscape Founder Backs New Browser'. The New York Times.
3. ^Ong, Josh (11 April 2013). 'Rockmelt Abandons Social Browser, Launches New Web Feed and iPhone App'. thenextweb.com. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
4. ^Facebook community page showing Rockmelt, Inc.'s headquarters
5. ^ ^abcGeron, Tomio. 'Yahoo Acquires Rockmelt Social Browser, Will Shut Down Apps'. Forbes.
6. ^'World, Meet Rockmelt'. Rockmelt blog. Rockmelt. 2010-11-07. Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 2010-11-09.
7. ^'No more waiting in line — RockMelt now in Open Beta!'. 2010-03-11. Archived from the original on 2012-12-02.
8. ^Geron, Tomio (2011-04-19). 'Rockmelt's New Mobile Browser--A New Mobile Home Screen?'. Forbes.
9. ^Levy, Steven (2012-10-11). 'Rockmelt Thinks You're Ready for a Modern Mobile Browser'. Wired.
10. ^'Rockmelt finally brings its deconstructed browser to the device I wanted it on back in October: My iPhone'. 2012-12-20.
11. ^Copeland, Michael V. (2013-11-04). 'Marc Andreessen and Rockmelt Are Betting the Desktop Has a Future'. Wired.
12. ^'Rockmelt brings the Best of the Internet to Android'. 2013-06-19.
13. ^'Microsoft showcases developer opportunity on Windows Azure, Windows devices'. 2013-06-27. Archived from the original on 2013-07-31. Retrieved 2013-07-30.
14. ^'RockMelt Browser Guide'. Tom’s Guide. November 15, 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
15. ^'RockMelt Social Browser Review'. Notebook Reviews. December 28, 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
16. ^'Between A RockMelt And A Hard Place: The Quest For The Social Browser'. Techcrunch. November 11, 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
17. ^'RockMelt Browser a Swift Choice for Social Media Junkies'. PCWorld. November 12, 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
18. ^'RockMelt Browser Review'. PCWorld. November 18, 2010. Retrieved 18 November 2015.

A well-designed and easy-to-use web browser that enables you to quickly and easily share webpages via various social networking websites

What's new in RockMelt 0.9.72.615 Beta:

• Social Omnibox
• The NEW New Tab
• Expandable, Scrollable App Edge
• App Center

RockMelt is a straightforward web browser that helps you navigate the web and stay in touch with your Facebook friends and Twitter followers at the same time.

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Simple, clean and practical web browser for everyday usage

RockMelt features a simple and intuitive interface that enables you to quickly visit multiple webpages, share them with your friends and chat with them with ease. At the same time you can tweet about your favorite webpage and check your Facebook feed.

Thanks to the built-in search form, you can find a specific Facebook post or Twitter feed with just a few keystrokes. Unfortunately, RockMelt has been discontinued and all social features are no longer functions.

Office 2016 for mac end of mainstream support. However, you can use RockMelt as a regular web browser and share your thoughts, ideas and pages using the conventional ways. At the same time, the unavailability of the features that made RockMelt special, render the app pretty much useless.

Take full advantage of your Mac’s entire screen and avoid distractions

On the bright side, RockMelt’s View menu helps you enable the Presentation Mode or enter in the Full Screen mode. Consequently, you can focus on your webpage and avoid other distractions. You can also change the encoding of the page, view the source code of the loaded page, open the JavaScript Console and the panel with the developer tools.

As expected, you cannot personalize RockMelt with themes or install extensions since RockMelt is no longer supported. On the other hand, you can bookmark your favorite webpages and mange the pages you visit most frequently.

Monitor the resource usage via the built-in Task Manager

By accessing the View menu, you can open the Downloads window and open the built-in Task Manager. The Task Manager helps you view the pages that require the most RAM, CPU and network resources, as well as kill a process or close a page with just a click of a mouse button.

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