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| + | Rockmelt is partnered with Facebook, so a Facebook account is required to use many of the integrated social media features. Facebook friend requests, messages, and notifications are always displayed above the browser bar in the Rockmelt browser window. | ||
| − | == Features== | + | ===Chat=== |
| + | The right chat panel of the browser window contains a list of the user's Facebook friends. This panel can be set to show only the friends' Facebook profile picture or their picture and name. Online users are represented by a green dot in the lower right corner of their pictures while offline users have a grey dot. When you click on a friend's name, a chat window opens at the bottom of the screen. | ||
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| + | ===News Feed=== | ||
| + | The left panel contains a list of icons for Rockmelt Apps. When these apps have updates to their respective news feeds, a red box with the number of new posts or articles appears in the upper right corner of the icon. When a user clicks on the icon, a floating window appears on top of the main browser window with the latest post and articles for the app sorted chronologically with the most recent on top. | ||
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| + | ===Sharing=== | ||
| + | On the far left of the browser window in the same row as the browser bar, there is a "New Post" button which allows users to post a new status to Facebook. Users can also add links and locations to their status. Additionally, to share links directly, users can click the "Share" button that appears to the right of the browser bar. This will post the link to the page the user is currently on as their Facebook status or to the wall of a friend. | ||
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| + | ==Additional Features== | ||
===Rockmelt Browser Bar=== | ===Rockmelt Browser Bar=== | ||
Revision as of 01:27, 13 October 2012
Rockmelt is a Chromium based web browser with social media features integrated directly in to the browser window. By combining multiple social media sites in one place, users can keep track of many of their social networks and news feeds in one place without the need to visit multiple web pages. The Chromium base gives Rockmelt much of the same functionality as Google Chrome. The browser is available for Windows, Mac OS X, and iOS.
Contents
- 1 History
- 2 Social Media Integration
- 3 Additional Features
- 4 Rockmelt Apps
- 4.1 "Top Apps"
- 4.2 "Celeb Gossip"
- 4.3 "Culture and Lifestyle"
- 4.4 "Fashion"
- 4.5 "Games"
- 4.6 "Geek Culture"
- 4.7 "How to"
- 4.8 "Humor"
- 4.9 "Industry News"
- 4.10 "Music"
- 4.11 "News and Editorial"
- 4.12 "Photography and Arts"
- 4.13 "Shopping"
- 4.14 "Social"
- 4.15 "Sports"
- 4.16 "Tech"
- 4.17 "Videos, TV, Entertainment"
- 4.18 "More Apps"
- 5 References
History
Rockmelt was founded in 2009 by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria and is now based out of Mountain View, California.
Social Media Integration
Rockmelt is partnered with Facebook, so a Facebook account is required to use many of the integrated social media features. Facebook friend requests, messages, and notifications are always displayed above the browser bar in the Rockmelt browser window.
Chat
The right chat panel of the browser window contains a list of the user's Facebook friends. This panel can be set to show only the friends' Facebook profile picture or their picture and name. Online users are represented by a green dot in the lower right corner of their pictures while offline users have a grey dot. When you click on a friend's name, a chat window opens at the bottom of the screen.
News Feed
The left panel contains a list of icons for Rockmelt Apps. When these apps have updates to their respective news feeds, a red box with the number of new posts or articles appears in the upper right corner of the icon. When a user clicks on the icon, a floating window appears on top of the main browser window with the latest post and articles for the app sorted chronologically with the most recent on top.
Sharing
On the far left of the browser window in the same row as the browser bar, there is a "New Post" button which allows users to post a new status to Facebook. Users can also add links and locations to their status. Additionally, to share links directly, users can click the "Share" button that appears to the right of the browser bar. This will post the link to the page the user is currently on as their Facebook status or to the wall of a friend.
