RockMelt
Sign in to saveRockmelt is a discontinued proprietary social media web browser developed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria based on the Google Chromium project, incorporating social media features such as Facebook chat, Twitter notifications and widgetised areas for other content providers such as YouTube and local newspapers. The Rockmelt web browser project was backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen. In April 2013, Rockmelt discontinued its desktop web browser, replacing it with a collaborative project bringing together social elements from various sources.
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Vinony files it under Beta software, Discontinued web browsers and IOS software.
Its subject is documented across 16 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Rockmelt
- Software.logo
- RockMelt-Logo.png
- Software.screenshot
- RockMelt-Screenshot.png
- Software.caption
- Rockmelt 0.8.36.116 displaying Wikipedia on Windows 7
- Software.developer
- Tim Howes, Eric Vishria
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.latest release version
- 2.2
- Software.operating system
- Android, iOS, Windows
- Software.engine
- WebKit (based on KHTML)
- Software.genre
- Social media web browser
- Software.license
- Freeware
- Software.website
- rockmelt.com (archived on April 2, 2013)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- software
- Official website
- rockmelt.com
- Image
- RockMeltCaptura.png
- Has use
- social media
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- programmed in
- C++
- language of work or name
- English language
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- History
- Reception
- References
Rockmelt is a discontinued proprietary social media web browser developed by Tim Howes and Eric Vishria based on the Google Chromium project, incorporating social media features such as Facebook chat, Twitter notifications and widgetised areas for other content providers such as YouTube and local newspapers. The Rockmelt web browser project was backed by Netscape founder Marc Andreessen. In April 2013, Rockmelt discontinued its desktop web browser, replacing it with a collaborative project bringing together social elements from various sources.
Rockmelt was created by Rockmelt, Inc., located in Mountain View, California. The final version, 2.2.0, was released on February 9, 2013.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “RockMelt” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.