Flock, the browser based on Firefox that encompasses all that’s great about the web, has gone beta and is available for download. They have gradually been improving the browser with regular new builds over the last few months and have finally released a beta that is much more stable and feature packed.
Along with the fanfare of the release they have had the website overhauled from what could be described as simple and functional to a site that really does the browser justice. I reviewed one of the early releases here but the changes here make it a worthwhile download again. Watch out for an updated review soon.
Box.net came onto the online storage scene in early 2005 but a few months back revamped their design and pretty much re-launched with justified fanfare.
For those that don’t know, Box.net offers 1GB of free online storage or for just $4.99 per month you can have up to 5GB. Seriously cheap storage so where’s they catch? Well there doesn’t seem to be one. I have used the service now for a fair few months both in professional capacity upgrading and troubleshooting systems (it’s much handier than a USB key when working remotely!) and from a personal point of view sharing files with friends and family. In this time I have only found the site to be unavailable once which was for pre-planned maintenance and both download and upload speeds have generally been good.
Derek over at 5ThirtyOne, pointed out this quality Ajax spellchecker for WordPress. Corrector, from Vanus01.net, is quite simply an excellent, must have plugin. Simply download and extract the zip into your plugin directory, upload and activate from your plugins panel on the dashboard. Available in 27 lingual flavours there really is no excuse for badly sletp posts again.
Delicious, the social bookmarking site, have a new layout on their homepage, reorganising what’s hot on the web. Personally I preferred the original one and maybe added this as a hot list page, but hey, at least they are innovating or at least changing things and keeping Delicious fresh. Maybe I am just stuck in my ways…..
coComment have released an extension that automatically tracks your comments to your account, eliminating 
the need to click on the bookmarklet. Additionally it also notifies you when people have commented on the same posts as you with an icon in the status bar at the bottom of the browser.
This excellent service’s value just keeps increasing in my opinion. Typically with a real sense of community; Amit recently released a Wordpress plugin making it even easier to integrate this service into your blog. Take a look…..
