Flock is a social-focused browser that is built around the Mozilla Firefox browser. As of lately, Flock has been talking about switching from running on Mozilla's Firefox browser to Google's Chrome browser because Mozilla is not listening to the needs of Flock to help improve itself.
With a new upcoming release of Flock 2.1 is still apparently built on Mozilla's Firefox browser and not that of Google's Chrome. The web site of Flock's browser still says powered by Mozilla, leaving to believe the upcoming 2.1 release of Flock will not be run off of Google's Chrome browser.
The switch from Mozilla's Firefox browser to Google's Chrome leaves behind a lot of security patches, cross-platform support as well as a very large open source community, something Flock.com praises in its browser. As Flock still pushes for popularity, pushing to switch browser platforms now could set Flock back even further while Google still improves Chrome.
Flock's browser still maintains a less than a fraction of all web users, even less than Netscape, which discontinued its browser almost over a year ago. Flock has 6 million or so downloads so far, making it still an underdog in a race for the best browser with recent surprising releases from Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Chrome. Flock may find it hard to fit in, even running on Google's still new Chrome browser.
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