Computer application: Rockmelt

Rockmelt is a free web-browser based on Google Chrome.  Wait, before I go on, if you're not using Chrome as your default web-browser, you are seriously losing out.  It starts up and loads web pages much faster than Internet Explorer, and slightly faster than Mozilla Firefox.  It also allows you to install lots of cool web apps and extensions to enhance your Internet experience.  If some websites don't display properly (or at all) in Chrome, just install the extension called IEPro found here and it loads the website as IE without you having to actually switch browsers.

Okay, back to Rockmelt.  It is basically the Chrome web browser built for facebook and twitter users.  It has handy toolbars that let you know how many FB and Twitter updates/posts you haven't read yet, and opens panes that let you scroll through those without ever leaving your current webpage.  It can also be used to read feeds from other websites (RSS).  Being built upon Chrome, it can also install any Chrome web apps and extensions.


You could probably re-create Rockmelt using Chrome and various Facebook and Twitter extensions, but I find this much easier and it's ability to display posted content very slick.  I use this to stay on my Google Plus pages but still have the ability to check FB and Twitter without having to open up those webpages.  Helps me lower the data usage on my smartphone too.


The computer version is only available for PC, but there is an iPhone app.  I've never tried it on the iPhone and I don't know how useful it would be when there are FB and Twitter iPhone apps (like Tweetdeck! - to be in a future post), but it's there.