De ontwikkelaars achter de webbrowser Flock hebben hun programma bijgewerkt naar versie 2.5.5. Flock is op versie 3.0 van Mozilla Firefox gebaseerd en er zijn dan ook versies voor Windows, Mac OS X en Linux. De makers hebben er het label 'sociale browser' aan gehangen omdat de browser ingebakken ondersteuning biedt voor sociale netwerken als Flickr, Facebook, YouTube, Del.icio.us, Technorati, Photobucket en diverse blogging- en rss-diensten. Versie 2.5.5, die alleen nog maar in het Engels beschikbaar is, is voorzien van diverse bugfixes en de beveiliging is gelijkgetrokken met die van versie 3.0.15 van Firefox. Verder wordt ook de laatse versie van de Adobe Flash-player meegeleverd. Het volledige changelog ziet er als volgt uit:
New Features in 2.5.5New Features in 2.5
- Based on the Firefox 3 technology, providing a faster, safer, and more stable web surfing experience.
- Incorporated Mozilla's 3.0.15 patch for Firefox.
- Incorporated the latest Adobe Flash Player version. Please, make sure to close any Firefox window, prior to any install or update, in order for the Adobe Flash Player version to be updated.
Fixed Issues
- Facebook Chat has been integrated as an Instant Messaging service: Facebook Chat User Guide
- Twitter features in the People Sidebar have undergone a complete overhaul, and now allow for several new options: People Sidebar User Guide
- Twitter Live Results have been added to the search chrome.
- Twitter Search widget has been added to MyWorld: Twitter Search User Guide
- FlockCast has been integrated as a new feature in Facebook, allowing you to easily broadcast your actions from around the web directly onto your Facebook page: FlockCast User Guide
- Bebo has been integrated as a People service.
A complete list of fixed bugs can be found here.
- Fixed the issue where logging to Flickr would log the user out of Yahoo Mail and vice-versa.
- Fixed the issue where the Facebook notification flyout was blank, when viewing a non-Facebook page.
- Fixed the issue where a message bar with the "Logout" button appears after publishing a new Wordpress blog post.
