The latest in the browser race is 'RockMelt -Your Browser. Re-imagined' . This social network centric browser, wait, Facebook centric browser has Facebook at its core. You need a Facebook account to log in and use the social networking functionality. RockMelt is based on the Chromium project, the parent project of the Chrome browser, which makes the UI and features very similar to Chrome when used without the FB login.
After logging in with your Facebook credentials, the browser is populated with the latest news feed, your online friends and other Facebook content. It is undoubtedly useful if your browsing experience revolves around Facebook. The browser makes it easy to share anything you browse with minimal number of steps, sometimes compromising on formatting, thumbnails for example.
The main issue with RockMelt is that it is a bit laggy. It takes a while ( read as several minutes ) to contact Facebook and log you in. Also, updates on your Facebook account are not instant. This makes conventional 'Facebooking' (Facebook on Chrome/Firefox) more convenient.
Overall, it is a good concept of integrating Facebook into a browser, utilizing the WebKit, and making browsing Facebook centric. It does makes sense as the first site most of us open on the internet is www.facebook.com. Hopefully, the next versions are most stable and quicker.
felt the same.. there's definitely a considerable lag while launching the program.. or i wud hv been using it.. !!
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