User Guides

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The Flock 2.0 User Guide

Introduction

Flock is built on the Mozilla Firefox open-source browser, so it has all the features you've come to expect in a high-quality web browser, like intuitive buttons and menus, personal customizability, reliable security, enhanced privacy protections, and automated updating. However, Flock is much more than that! The Flock Social Web Browser has been fully integrated with a wide range of social networking websites and popular blogging tools. So with Flock, you can now keep in touch and share text, links, pictures, video and more with friends, family and co-workers across the entire internet with unparalleled speed and seamless ease.

Read on to learn to harness the full power of Flock!

Flock 2.0 Browser Basics:

Flock 2.0 Features:

Activate Services and Unite Your Social Networks in the People Sidebar

  • Activate Accounts and Services in Flock to Bring Your Contacts Together
  • Monitor Contacts and Perform Actions Using the People Sidebar

View and Share Media through the Media Bar

  • View Media in the Media Bar
  • Search for Media Using the Media Bar
  • Find and Favorite Media Streams
  • View Media in Your Own Online Account
  • Drag and Drop from the Media Bar
  • Post, Email and Share from the Media Bar

Share Pictures, Text, Audio and Video

  • Email Links with One Click
  • Set Up Your Online Photo Account in Flock
  • Edit and Upload Pictures Using the Photo Uploader
  • Drag and Drop Share - Practically Anything!
  • Use the Web Clipboard for Instant Saving and Sharing

Set Up Webmail in Flock

  • Set Up a Webmail Account in Flock
  • Use Webmail in Flock
  • Work with Multiple Webmail Accounts
  • Share with Webmail

Activate and Manage Blogs

  • Set Up a Blog Service in Flock
  • Set Up a Self-hosted Blog in Flock
  • Use Flock to Post to Your Blog

Track Feeds

  • Find Feeds
  • View Feeds
  • Subscribe to Feeds
  • Work with Articles
  • Manage Feeds and Feed Readers
  • Use the Diggman

Use Enhanced Search Tools and Favorites Organizing

  • Save Favorites with One Click
  • Manage Favorites
  • Quick-Search Your Favorites, Browsing History and the Web
  • Change How Searches are Done
  • Set Up an Online Favorites Account
  • Publish Favorites Online

Personalize Flock and My World

  • Important: How to Change Most Settings
  • Customize Toolbars
  • Customize the Favorites Toolbar
  • Customize My World Favorite Sites, Friends, Feeds and Media
  • Customize the Download Manager
  • Set Your Start and Home Pages
  • Set Your Default Browser
  • Set Tab and Window Options
  • Change the Look of Web Pages
  • Block or Allow Pop-up Windows
  • Block or Allow Images
  • Enable or Disable Java or Javascript
  • Adjust Automatic Updates

Ensure Privacy and Manage Security

  • Change Cookie Settings
  • Manage Passwords
  • Manage Your Personal Information
  • Protect Yourself with Instant Website ID and Anti-Malware Alert

Get or Build Add-ons for Flock

  • Get an Add-on
  • Remove an Add-on
  • Build an Add-on
 
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