YouTube and Flickr broken in People Sidebar - Fix In Progress

Thanks Hamilton!! I am regular user of Flock.Hope that you will fix the issue at the earliest.

Me too cleared my Cookies yesterday, And after that only the trouble started.

Only Flickr is broken on my People Sidebar (not YouTube).

Flickr on my mac seems 2 work just fine... its Youtube that's not working... i tried "Forcing Service Updates," but there's no difference...

While YT portion appears to stay logged in, it isn't pulling any content.

Flickr in the people sidebar and uploader stopped working for no apparent reason on Tuesday, can still log on via normal web page. When I navigate to a different page the people sidebar tries to log in each time, but is unsuccessful.
Tried the Force Service Updates, but that did not help
Was using version 2.0.3 (Mac) uninstalled, reinstalled, then upgrade to version 2.5, that did not help either
deleted cookies
restarted the computer several times during the process
Tried the Force Service Updates, again - several times
since the reinstall the people sidebar tries to log into flicker as my yahoo email logon name(email address, wih out the yahoo.com) rather than my flickr username
out of ideas
nothing seems to help

The Flickr sidebar is not working for me, either. I'm an admin for several groups, and the sidebar is my favorite feature on Flock.

Help?

Problems with the Flickr log in on the side bar and up loader here too...tries to log in but fails

I upload all my photos to Flickr using Flock uploader only. Now I am stuck!!

Hamilton, Please help!!

Hola Flocks, itz seem to be fixed now!!

People Sidebar is working Fine!!

Not fixed here :( ... still won't log into Flickr, can't upload to Flickr...it keeps trying to log in but fails, not happy, any news on a fix for this yet?

Flickr login/uploader still not working for me either. i'm hoping they'll post here when a fix is complete.

This solution worked for me yesterday/day before, I don't recall exactly.

the workaround for flickr solved my problems. Thanks

@Sophie

The "Force Service Updates" workaround worked for me too. Thanks!

@Sophie - unfortunately that doesn't seem to be working for me. I logged out of Flickr, went to "force service updates," and it said "updating youtube service" and then "Service update completed successfully". I rebooted, restarted flock, and tried logging into flickr, and the same problem persists where it logs me back out immediately.

Still not working for me, but seems i'm using the same version as adaenn so i'll update and try again.

Ok, updated to new version of Flock and still having the same problems...looks like i'm gonna have to wait for the fix.

Oddly enough this seems to have fixed itself over the last two days. The one I'm still having problems with is blogger. It says it's connected but isn't. very odd.

My sidebar seemed to be functional, *without* running the "force service updates" steps—with the obvious exception that I was not, initially, logged into flickr.

I have followed the steps; rebooted my machine; and the sidebar seems blissfully stable.

Thank you so much for this fix.

Again, as an admin for more than on flickr group, the sidebar and menu displays are the absolute best way to manage workloads. I'm so grateful for the return of these functions.

Thank you.

~Emmanuela, happy to be using FLOCK

Fix isn't working. Did it just as you instructed, no change. Tried to "forget account' on the accounts sidebar to reset the loggins, now I have nothing but digg in my sidebar. Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube all non-functioning in the sidebar. Digg has that weird bug with non-existent friend comments, but at least it halfway works! also, and this may be related to flikr, but my media bar isn't working either! Whether I'm hitting the media bar button to see new stuff on my favs or looking for a media feed on YouTube, I hit the button and it just keeps searching. Ever since 2.5, I've had nothing but trouble! Can we go back to 2.0.3 already?

Everything now seems ok here, finally able to log in to Flickr, side bar seems stable...fingers crossed it stays that way!

Flickr and YT mya be working now but FB isn't. Seems I've traded two sites for another that I found much more useful.

I have tried the fix but the sidebar is still not working in Flickr, keeps telling i am not logged in despite the fact I am. This was working fine up to a few weeks ago and then suddenly stopped. This is very frustrating as the sidebar is the main reason that I use Flock. I am using version 2.5. Is there anything else I can try to get this working?

Just tried the fix, but it still keeps me logged out of Flickr. This is very frustrating, as the only reason I switched to Flock was the sidebar. If this can't be resolved soon, I guess I'll have to switch browsers. Again.

I found I was using an older version of Flock. I've since updated and forced service updates and I still can't seem to stay logged in to Flickr in the side bar. I am using a non-US Flickr account, I'm Canadian.

I followed all the instructions listed above (forgetting account, forcing update, restarting flock and logging into Flickr), but it still doesn't seem to work.

I tried a complete uninstall, restarted, reinstalled, did the force update thing, restarted and it still doesn't work. I am using 2.5 on vista 64.

I have just loaded v2.5 and the problem with flickr in the sidebar remains a problem.

same here....updated and even did the suggested force upgrade. No differences

Had this problem for more than a month now with Flickr in the sidebar. Tried the steps above and no difference. All my other services work fine but Flickr is the main reason why I use Flock..... really need this fixed. My girlfriend only uses Flock for her Flickr uploads and she is completely stuck right now....

the force update fix worked about a month ago, but the sidebar and uploader haven't been able to stay logged in to flickr for about a week now...it may be time to uninstal flock

its been quiet that I can see..........any word of progress?

it's very very frustrating since it bugs me every single day(already a month) i have a pro flickr.com account,like others here,and I used it with so much pleasure before, now i have to use Flickrs uploader, but flocks is way handier,normally

Good to here there's finally a fix for the Flickr problems, it's been driving me nuts as i use Flickr a lot and i've really missed being able to use the uploader to get my photos onto Flickr...just hope it's not too long before the 2.5.x release!

"It didn't make sense to have 2.5.x be only the Flickr fix"

Why not? It is innapropriate not to release a fix as soon as it is known.

My Flickr in Flock is again down since weeks ...

Evan Please make the things fast or i fear many will stop loving FLOCK...

Just how much longer are we how enjoyed Flock's integration with Flickr going to have to wait for the fix that SHOULD have been released the you realized it worked as a patch???

Just so you know...I have stopped recommending this browser to people and will not recommend it again until such time the developers realize that the USER comes first.

Sorry people. I'm over waiting for the fix. This and the sluggish performance that has been a feature of this browser for a very long time to now, I may as well be using Firefox.

FYI: I'll be unloading Flock at my next available opportunity and reinstalling Firefox.

While I appreciate the post about how and why this has happened the fact still remains that Flock is a social browser who has built its popularity on the functionality of its sidebars integrating with pages like Flickr and Facebook... The fact that it was harder for you or that Flock chose to put a fix to its primary functionality seems to have been the wrong choice in my book. While having a new version with added features is great, I don't understand the logic. Make people wait for something that should be working so that they can get stuff that they currently don't have. In my book, someone at Flock made a bad choice. Anywho, you are close to losing me on this one and I am sure I am not alone. Give us functionality, before you try to give everyone added functionality!

I'm doubtful any new versions of Flock will be lighter, more easily integrated, or more reliable than current versions. I have to force quit, every time I use the browser . . . and I'm on a Mac. I can't use it, while other large programs are open, such as iTunes or, especially, Photoshop . . . and those are essential applications, for my work. And, of course, the browser networking sidebar doesn't operate at all.

Flock is a wonderful idea.

Too bad it's not something that actually works.

ya, its bizarre they are forsaking us on the 2.5 version while they work on the new version. You'd think there'd be separate streams or at least the foresight to build in contingencies.

Bu the post above me also pertains to me - I can't seem to have Outlook & Flock running at the same time. They conflict with each other in the oddest way (when I'm working in Outlook parts of the Flock window appear where my mouse clicks). Hard to explain, have to see it. I wouldn't dare run itunes at the same time as its a hog in itself.

I think Mozilla, in general, is just not the standard for trustworthy browsers it once was. The release of an unpatched flawed version of Firefox, last week (with a denial from Mozilla that the flaw is exploitable, despite proof of potential code injection to the Unicode strings), is the kind of thing that makes me think Mozilla has moved out of the business of providing solid code, and into gadgetry that just doesn't make sense.

Flock is cute. I don't need a heavy-weight browser that looks good. I need something that works and is RELIABLE. If I can't rely on either Firefox or Flock, what good is Mozilla?

Sad days ahead, for those of us who have put time into supporting this group for so many years . . .

Ok...now i'm really hacked off...Flickr not working all this time has been bad enough but today it seems i also have problems with my blogger account...says i'm logged in and lets me do stuff from inside blogger (like with flickr) but i can't get the quick editing function when i view my blog signed in...if i go to view my blog it signs me out despite flock telling me i'm signed in!

When are we gonna get a solution to all these problems?

I tried moving to the Google chrome browser but I realize I miss the Social network integration that Flock attempts to bring us.

-What version of Flock are you running? 2.5
-What Operating System are you using? XP
-How much hard drive space do you have? 143 GB free
-Do you have any extensions installed in Flock? I had Twitterfox but disabled it on Sophie's recommendation

no, I uninstalled Twitterfox for a different issue: "msn and youtube not working"

Hey Evan...any idea what's up with blogger yet?
The two things i use most, Flickr and Blogger and neither are working now.

Regarding memekode comments, I fully agree that the major problem here was miscommunication. Don't take this email as a complaint, but what it is intended to be...an explanation of how I felt during all of this. I started using Flock for one major reason...the Flock integration with Flickr. As I used Flock more and more, I began to realize it had more and more potential. Then the Flock/Flickr functionality broke.

I then began searching for a fix. I would read similar problems from the past, and see at the end a statement about this fix or that fix had "fixed the problem." Well, it hadn't in my case and I continued to look for something. Everything was generalized in statement. New comments regarding the problem were referred back to the older worthless-to-new-problem replies...it was an aggravating situation. I was beginning to feel like the problem I and a lot of other people were having, was being ignored.

I don't know anything about the 1's and 0's of programming, but I do know something about customer relations. To say, we're going to fix other problems also and release everything as a new numbered version when done, gave me and probably other Flock/Flickr users, the impression that you and everyone at Flock felt that Flickr users were now unimportant. The MAJOR functionality of Flock/Flickr was broken and it was going to be rolled into a fix of other bugs? That really upset me and still does. And now, comparing that functionality to loosing the last character in a Twitter post or people not getting chat messages that can be resent? I'm sure those people bothered by those problems thought they were major, but at least they could still use Flock to do those things to an extent. There is currently nothing about Flock/Flicker functionality that I can use and nothing I can't do with other browsers.

Explaining things from the start like you did in your way-to-late update would have helped stop a lot of anxiety and ill-will from users who enjoy the Flock/Flickr integration. Then doing REGULAR and timely updates at the progress would have prevented even more trouble from occurring. I have noticed that the "Get Satisfaction" search capabilities remind me of Google...you get millions of hits and have to wade through a lot of junk to find what you're looking for. So it is easy to loose an initial message on something.

I'm still on the fence about Flock and it's "people practices." But I am willing to wait for the 2.5.1 update and see what happens then. I do appreciate that y'all at Flock Hq do read posts here and all, but in the future, try listening harder to what the people are saying. After all, Flock wouldn't be anything if not for the users.

Evan, I totally understand the pickle Yahoo imposed on you when they changed up their login method. I, for one, believe you've made the correct and prudent choice, and will patiently wait for the next release. It appears most people on the thread have no idea of the consequence of forking and trying to rejoin builds (which is totally understandable) -- you've taken the fastest path, and it does take some time to get it right when it involves a new distribution. Get it to us as soon as it's ready, and I'll be grateful.

I never had this problem with 2.0.3 in my frustration with 2.5 and flicker i decided to downgrade. successfully reinstalled 2.0.3 and it doesn't get on with flicker either now, guess I will just waite... to all of the angry people who are posting hostile comments in this thread..LIGHTEN UP, ITS FREE FOR GODS SAKE, YOU ARE GOING ON LIKE SOMETHING THAT YOU PAID A LOT OF MONEY FOR ISN'T WORKING UP TO YOUR EXPECTATIONS...this is a place to bring up issues and try to get them solved not to vent your bile...there I feel better

fair enough, but there is a bit of bile scattered about up there, if it isn't coming from you,please don't take my comment personally, no offense intended to those expressing their concerns in a reasonable way. some were a bit OTT, probably including mine.

problem is... media Streams with flickr is also not working...I'm very disapointed... the only reason using FLock is because of the great integration of flickr... this problem exists now for over a month....

still flickr in flock not working

a calm has descended. Had to go to the Flock page to download 2.5.1 (i.e. force update didn't do anything) but the latest update has corrected Flickr & Youtube issue.

Thanks Flock Folks!

well geesh ....and here I have been using the Help menu's "Check for Updates" all this time....

Going to your link now.....with fingers and toes crossed

Great Job Evan and Flock Team! Flickr via flock is back in business ;-)
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am pleased that the connection works again - but there is still a big bug - Flock doesn't upload the title when you try to give all the photos in a batch the same name using the "batch" "title" box. A major pain.

And Flock still not remembering Fickr/Yahoo log in details..have to sign in manually to these sites and when i sign in one it signs me out of the other.