RockMelt is a social media web browser developed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria. RockMelt is based on Google's open-source project Chromium, now on version 12. This is a cross-platform family of browsers (available for Windows, Mac and Linux) that use the open-source web layout engine WebKit jointly built by Apple, Google and the open-source community—but have the JavaScript engine replaced by Google's own V8, also open-source. It was launched in the month of October, 2010 as a beta version. Soon, in March 2011 it was made available to all users.
Well, you might ask what is so special about this web browser, when there are plenty on the web. Well, this web browser is particularly meant for social media enthusiasts and addicts. RockMelt integrates a technique for surfing the web that focuses on Google Search and Social Media, in particular Facebook and Twitter. RockMelt has an optional side bar, where one can see all his Facebook friends who are online. Once you click on the online contacts, a little window pops up at the bottom right corner where one can chat. Near the top, one can all so see all notifications and messages on facebook. All of that without even logging into facebook on a separate tab or a window. RockMelt also integrates twitter in a side bar, where you can see all tweets, and you can also send tweets via the side bar. There are host of other cool applications to stay in touch with the latest in your choice of fields. I have been hooked onto this browser for few months now, all I can say is that it is just fantastic, albeit for a social media enthusiast like me. But, if you want to go ahead and give it a shot, here are the links to download and read more about this browser
