Getting the most out of your Flock experience.
PeopleActivate Services and Unite Your Social Networks in the People SidebarFlock lets you bring all your friends and contacts together from across a variety of different social networking websites. Then, keeping in touch with your entire social network is easier, more efficient and more fun than ever before! |
ShareShare Pictures, Text and VideoWith its built-in photo uploader and one-click Web Clipboard, Flock lets you share text, links, photos and even entire videos with your friends and co-workers with unprecedented ease and quickness. |
Media MinibarView and Share Media through the Media BarUsing Flock's Media Bar, you can quickly preview online videos and photos, subscribe to video feeds, keep up to date on your friends' picture postings, search media files, send videos to friends with one click, and much more! |
Search & FavoriteUse Enhanced Search Tools and Favorites OrganizingFlock includes built-in enhancements for helping you find what you're looking for and keep track of your favorite websites. And if you like to use online favorite-sharing websites as well, then Flock's integrated tools are for you! |
Feed ReaderTrack FeedsWeb pages that update frequently, like news sites and blogs, often offer "feeds" configured in ATOM or RSS (which stands for Rich Site Summary or Really Simple Syndication). These feeds present links to recent articles in a list, along with a summary or a few lines of each article's content. With Flock's built-in Feed Reader, you can track, organize, update and format all your favorite feeds. Saving articles and inserting quotes into your blog are also only a click away. |
Blog EditorActivate and Manage BlogsOnce you set up a blog in Flock, you can copy text, pictures and videos from anywhere on the web and instantly post them into Flock's Blog Editor or directly into your own blog. You can also monitor, manage and post to different blogs. |
PersonalizeCustomize Flock and My WorldThere are a wide array of both basic and advanced tools for customizing Flock's features and the overall browser interface. You can easily personalize your My World page and many other aspects of Flock to work just the way you like them. |
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Add-OnsGet or Build Add-ons for FlockFlock allows third parties to create extensions or add-ons that extend the capabilities of the browser. Many Firefox extensions work with Flock, but some do not (trial and error is the best way to find out). Please note: Extensions can and will slow down Flock (and Firefox), and should be used wisely. Flock's quality performance is not guaranteed if you have extensions installed. Want to create an extension for Flock? Get info at http://developer.flock.com if you'd like to build an extension or new theme yourself! |
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Web MailSet Up Webmail in FlockWeb-based email services (also known as Webmail) are rapidly gaining popularity, and you can use any one of them in Flock as you normally would in any browser. However, Flock can seamlessly plug into several specific Webmail services, making it easy monitor new emails and instantly email to your friends whatever you find on the web, wherever you find it. |
PrivacyEnsure Privacy and Manage SecurityFlock is automatically set up with strong privacy and security settings. However, if you have personal preferences about how this information should be handled, it's easy to change these settings. You can also take advantage of Flock's new, enhanced features to help protect your computer while surfing the web. |