Flock | the social web browser

Thank You for downloading and test driving Flock 0.9

Take five minutes to use the Quick Start Guide below and
get the most out of your Flock experience!

Flock's advanced features are activated when you log into your accounts.

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Photo & Video

When you activate your media services in Flock you get instant access to your friends photos and videos, and you are kept up to date when your friends post more new stuff.

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Blog Anything!

When you activate your blog accounts in Flock you are one click away from blogging anything you want to.

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Online Favorites

When you activate an online favorites account you can publish your bookmarks online whenever you want to, and decide which ones you want to share with the world.

0.9 Beta Update 1 Release Notes

Below are the fixes and enhancements made in this update.

Fixed several blog and blog editor related issues including:

  • Replaced posts now have the correct date
  • Blogs can now be published from the preview mode
  • Removing the color picker from the blog editor controls no longer freezes the editor
  • Fixed interaction of Blog account dialog such that closing the dialog box does not bring up the blog editor
  • Fixed WordPress login setup

+ Fixed the issue where typing a quote or backslash in a textbox could bring up the quick find bar.


+ Applied some polish to the media bar and MyWorld.


+ Fixed an issue where the search flyout was not returning the correct favorites in the search result.


+ Fixed the "Default Browser" popup message always being displayed when restarting the browser on Vista.


+ Fixed the issue with Favorite's description not being published to Magnolia.


+ For beta test and release candidates, added a button to the chrome for bringing up a feedback form.


+ Fixed a photo uploader window height issue.


+ Fixed date format for online bookmarks.


+ Fixed link to online documentation.


Below are known issues in the 0.9 Beta Release.

+ Drag and Drop as well as cut & paste issues exist within the favorites and news sidebars that cause unpredictable behavior.


+ Renamed feeds can revert back to original name after feed update.


+ Importing Livemarks from Firefox does not work.


+ Privacy settings for Online Favorites may not be immediately displayed correctly in the Favorites property dialog.


+ Browser icon configuration is not saved when migrating from 0.7 to 0.9.


+ Dragging a video into the blog editor does not show up in the edit pane.


+ Several formatting inconsistencies when applying color and fonts to content in the blog editor.


+ Only one blog of a multi blog WordPress account can be configured in Flock.


+ Forgetting a Typepad account does not always log the user out.


+ Having multiple photo accounts with the same service such as Flickr can confuse the uploader.


+ At times the photomagic Flock icon that will appear on a photo or video that is part of a Flickr, Photobucket or YouTube stream may flicker or appear in the wrong place. It is possible for it even to appear in a different tab. To remove the photomagic icon in this case switch focus to another tab and then come back.


+ Viewing a person's New Media in the media mini bar does not clear the person's new media notification.


+ After migration from cardinal the same Flickr contact may be listed multiple times.


+ Occasionally the name of the stream being viewed is missing in the media bar.


+ Large photos may overflow the content area in the Photo Uploader.