Keeping all your favorite websites close at hand is effortless with Flock. After learning these basics, get more detailed information on managing favorites, including online favorites, in Use Enhanced Search Tools and Favorites Organizing.

In this section:

• Overview of My World and the Flock Browser Interface
• Save Favorites with One Click
• Use Favorites
• Manage Favorites

Overview of My World and the Flock Browser Interface

When you first start the Flock web browser, My World opens automatically and begins to organize many of your favorite sites, feeds and friends for easy access. Here's a quick overview of what you see:

• The Flock menus that give you text access to all of Flock's features.
• The Navigation Toolbar that provides commonly-used buttons for moving around the web.
• The Location Bar where web addresses (URLs) appear or can be entered.

• To the right of these is the Flock Search Widget, which lets you do quick, top-level searches of favorites, recently-visited sites and search engines.

• Beneath these lies the Flock Toolbar, which includes buttons to open sidebars for Flock's most important special features. Rest your cursor over these icons to see a small pop-up describing what it is for. The Favorites Toolbar is to the right; click on these to go to the named websites. And beneath these begins the My World page, which includes a search tool and MyWorld tools.

• Finally, there are several columns helping you keep track of your friends and favorites. Click the name of the website, person, or article in any of the columns to view that website, person, or article in a new tab or window.
  • Friend Activity: Collects the latest updates from your friends on the People services you have activated in Flock.
  • Favorite Feeds: Collects the latest articles from feeds you've subscribed to.
  • Favorite Media: Collects the latest photos and videos from people you've starred in the Media Bar.
  • Favorite Sites: Collects your most recently visited favorited sites along with the websites you visit most frequently.

All of these features of Flock are described at length in other sections of the User Guide. However, the My World page may be all you'll ever need to manage your favorites, along with some of the basics explained below. Then, once you're feeling comfortable, check out how to customize Flock and your My World page just the way you like them!

Save Favorites with One Click

1. When visiting a website, click the blue Star icon on the Navigation Toolbar to instantly bookmark that website on your favorites list. The Star will glow orange, and will now glow orange every time you visit this favorite site.

2. Click on the Star icon a second time (it should be glowing orange) to edit the Name or Tags (keywords) associated with this favorite. Tags can be used later to help you find or organize sites you've labeled with similar characteristics.

3. Click the arrow to the right of the Folder field to select a different location for the new favorite.
4. Click Done to save the changes.

Use Favorites

1. There are several ways to open your favorites list so that you can then simply click on a name to return directly to a favorite website:
• Open the Favorites menu by clicking on it, or by pressing ALT+A on your keyboard.
• Click on the multi-star icon on the Flock Toolbar to open the Favorites Sidebar.

• Select View > Sidebar > Favorites from the menu, or press CTRL+SHIFT+F on your keyboard to open the Favorites Sidebar.

Manage Favorites

1. Click on the Favorite Sites multi-star icon on the Flock Toolbar to open Flock's Favorites Sidebar.
2. Click on folders to open and close them. Click on Local Favorites and then Favorites Menu to view your main favorites list.

3. Re-order your favorites by clicking and dragging the titles into different locations or folders.
4. Right-click (CTRL-click on Mac) anywhere on the Favorites Sidebar to access other common favorites management options.

5. For more flexible editing of your favorites list, open the Favorites Menu and choose Organize Favorites.

6. You can now:
   • Click on any favorite to edit the Name, Location or Tags.
   • Click and drag any Name to a new location or folder.
   • Press the Delete key to remove a favorite.
   • Press SHIFT+ARROW to select more than one favorite for moving or deleting.
   • Open the Organize menu for other editing options.
   • Open the Views menu to select specific columns to view, or to sort your favorites in different orders.
   
7. For more details on managing favorites, including online favorites, see Use Enhanced Search Tools and Favorites Organizing.

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