Silicon Beat has put the spotlight on another blogger - Whitespace - piling on the "Flock Sucks" bandwagon. This criticism is different because Whitespace has never used Flock "....because I didn't see a need for it." While I'm hardly a Flock fan, it's difficult  to pass judgement on something you've never experienced. How you say you don't like pumpkin pie, for example, if you've never tasted it? Flock has its shortcomings that may or may not be addressed when it moves to the next version (By the way, Flock, take your time because if you launch another half-ass product, you really are cooked.) but you have to give most things the benefit of the doubt. There are some intriguing features within Flock such as the ability to blog and get RSS feeds that some people will find endearing, if not useful. Flock's problem so far is its Web 2.0 bells and whistles simplyh don't have enough sizzle to make anyone think twice about abandoning Firefox or IE. In fact, most people expect Firefox and IE to simply add Flock-like features - thereby neutering Flock. If Flock can't get enough users, it's economic model disappears and it becomes yet another free browser desperating looking for users.
Update: According to OneStat, Firefox's market share has broken through 10% - 11.51% to be exact. OneState co-founder Niels Brinkman said Netscape users and some IE users are moving to Firefox, while Mac users are switching to Safari from IE.