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As more of my work colleagues take to Twitter and Facebook, being able to drag and drop items without losing my place onscreen may prove to be a productivity booster.

Flock, the social web browser that fell victim to Web 2.0 hype in 2005, appears to be finally taking flight four years later, with a new release that swoops on the surge in social media usage.

Flock is getting better with each new iteration. If you’re serious about social networking, the new Flock is definitely worth a try.

“We’ve moved it into the chrome of the browser so it works across all of your open tabs,” Hardin said. “It’s extremely easy for you to grab any piece of content, share links, tell people what you're interested in, directly in IM in Facebook Chat.”

This is typical Flock: it's a browser designed for not just Web surfers, but Web crackheads. If you want to use the smallest number of apps the do the most stuff, Flock--and precious little else--belongs on your desktop.

What I found most interesting in the new Flock release is the ability to drag-and-drop items from one network to another. If you want to share a photo from Flickr to your friends on Twitter, you can just drag the photo to the Twitter window and a message will be created with a link to the image.

But to use any of [IE8's new features], I’d have to give up one of my favorite things about Flock: the way it helps people share content and blend services. However thrilling IE8’s new offerings may be, I’m not ready to give up Flock…

For users looking for a little more power out of their browser, give Flock a try.

Flock is a fully integrated social media web browser that lets you see your recent updates from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, Flickr and YouTube. It still has some room to grow and integrate with more social sites, but it has its basics covered in a slick and useful package.

By using Flock you get stacks of features built right into the browser while retaining speed, performance and security which could potentially be compromised when installing so many extensions in Firefox.