RockMelt - A Social Networking browser

My sister brought up RockMelt not too long ago as a browser she was curious about, so I decided to check it out. We'll start with what I called it, a Social Networking Browser.

As it stands, the invite only version requires you to log in to Facebook to load up the browser. The upside is the total integration into Facebook that it gives you. The left side of the screen holds your friends list, starting at the top left in a single line to the bottom. From here you can click on your friends, see their online status, send them a chat message, OR view their profile. All this is done through popup windows. In the very top left is your picture; it allows you to update your status, again within a popup window. Keep in mind the whole "In a popup thing", it's a very common theme, and it's really well demonstrated.

The right sidebar is similar to the friend bar, only instead of friends, you can add you can add your favorite blogs, and RSS based websites. If you're curious as to what kind of websites use an RSS to update their site, think of any news website, Twitter, any blogs, Engadget, battle.net, etc. Also on this right side, is your integration to Facebook. You can few the feed and your personal wall on the right side. Keep in mind all of this is done without going to Facebook.com. The popup concept is also used for the search bar, and brings up an overlay that you don't have to lose your search while viewing websites you searched for.

Honestly, it's hard to talk about how cool some of these features are without experiencing it yourself. You should head over to their website and sign up to get an invite, or shoot me a message and I can send you an invite over Facebook!

P.S. It feels and works a lot like Chrome, and not all HTML code works properly, so some sites may look a little weird (like my blog pictures), which it totally screws up, but otherwise I'd give it a try!