Blackbird: African American Browser
2008 December 9
Blackbird is a new web browser designed for the African-American community that has advanced Web 2.0 features. It allows African Americans to easily discover hard-to-find African American online content and to provide a platform for sharing their internet experience.
Features:
- Black Search – you can search for sites and content in your top results powered by a custom Google search.
- Black News Ticker – it has a news ticker located on top of the browser just below the address bar.
- Black Bookmarks – access the best of the Black content on the web.
- Black Video – best of Black videos.
- Give Back – show your support for the African American community by giving donations.
- Most Shared – check out what the Blackbird community is reading and sharing on the web.
- Email – you can check your email in the browser’s sidebar.
- Social Networks – add your social networking accounts directly from the browser.
I tried installing some of the plugins for web development like the Web Developer toolbar and Firebug. After restarting, Blackbird will give you a notice that the plugins are not compatible but since it is powered by Mozilla the plugins seem to work anyway.
Its the first time I saw a web browser designed for a specific kind of race and I wonder if it will inspire other races to come up with their own web browser.
If you were an African American would you replace Firefox with Blackbird? Replacing Internet Explorer with Blackbird would be a definite yes for me! I would love to hear your thoughts through the comments.
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In my honest opinion, this browser just serves to give a few black people some green, while housing or encasing the black population.
There are a ton of themes for firefox that could be considered “black” i guess, which would be what I’d recommend to the black community…customize and theme what you use to your liking.
I’m white, us soldier, pagan and don’t judge you at all…until something happens. Like when a white/black man attempts to steal something or hurt someone…then I’ll judge that person…that person alone.