This is one that I’m going to need to watch for market share of browser penetration. Yoono is a plug-in that has been available on Mozilla’s Firefox for years now. This is not a new technology in any way shape or form, I wonder if it will catch on?
Feel the need to be constantly connected to social media? RockMelt, a new Web browser, is targeting people who do. The RockMelt browser displays information from users’ news feeds, Twitter, and Facebook accounts on the sides of their browser window. Now people can chat with Facebook friends, post on their walls, or tweet without ever having to switch browser windows. A beta version of the RockMelt Web browser is already available on the company’s website, and it plans to release an iPhone app in the next few days (pending approval from Apple), according to a spokeswoman. The Wall Street Journal’s Katherine Boehret recently got her hands on the app. “RockMelt is well suited for use on the go,” she said, “but key elements of the browser are missing in the mobile app.”