I just heard of a browser that claim to be a web browser for the African American community. I wondered, how can a browser be a “black” browser. Of coarse being an African American myself, I decided to download the Blackbird browser to see what it is all about.

The Blackbird browser is built on top of Mozilla, that alone let me know that it should be pretty safe to use for a while. After installing the browser, I loaded it up and noticed something. Everything was black…as far as the theme color. I started poking around and noticed a few things.

Blackbird-Browser

Scrolling under the menu bar are news headlines that looks to be news stories that would interest African Americans. That scrolling headline can be easily turned on and off if the scrolling bothers you. Once I started to tab through some of the built in features, it became aperant what the developers were trying to do. Things that Black people look at online are integrated into the browser somehow. For example, there’s plenty of modified browsers that integrate Facebook and Myspace. There’s another one of those Social websites that has been around just as long as Myspace that many might not know about, Blackplanet.com, which there is a link.

A “videos” tab takes you to Blackbird TV, which looks like a video portal with “black video’s” or videos that feature talent, news, and info from the African American community.

Many of those features are features that I usually ignore in modified browsers but for people that are not as tech savvy, I can see Blackbird being a bit appealing. The overall look of the browser is decent, even though it is just Mozilla with a new skin, it does feel like its own browser.

For more info or to download and try for yourself, checkout blackbirdhome.com