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Downloads:
17,355
- Operating Systems:
Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP, Mozilla Firefox 1.2
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
June 18, 2006
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Publisher's description of Cooliris Preview 1.7
From Cooliris:Cooliris' eliminates your hassle of having to click back and forth between your searches and the results pages, and thus losing context of what you're searching for. With Cooliris, you can conveniently preview links on ANY WEBSITE, including Craigslist, eBay, Google, and Google Images. You won't have to open every single page. Just mouse-over any link or image thumbnail and you'll be able to preview the underlying Web page or picture without clicking.
Version 1.7 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
Editor's review of Cooliris Preview 1.7
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- "See the future"
- Version reviewed: Cooliris Preview 1.7
If you have too many links to look through, the CoolPreviews browser extension for Firefox, IE, and Safari might be what you're looking for. It opens a preview window to any link you mouse over when you point your cursor to an individual search result. A small, translucent blue box appears. Mouse over that and CoolPreviews pops up a floating window with that link's contents.
The extension comes with many useful options. It allows the user to change the size of the pop-up window, e-mail the previewed link to a friend, and "stack" the link, which is CoolPreviews-speak for temporary bookmarking. You can prefetch pages into memory, which is helpful if you lack a broadband connection. By clicking on a link in the preview pane, it opens in the same pane, so there's no messy jumping around. Other features include changing the CoolPreviews activator from a mouse-over link to a click or adding a Control key into the mix to avoid accidental previews.
Attractive to anyone who spends considerable time parsing through search results and uncomplicated to use, CoolPreviews should have a broad appeal to those who want to cut down on needless page loading.
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User reviews of Cooliris Preview 1.7
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 26 votes
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris Preview 1.7
Pros: I honestly, since discovering it, can not get on without it. It's such a superb tool! I get to preview everything, it's much quicker, and works on every sort of link [except e-mail links, which would require you to open up your mail client. ie. mailto: formats].
I'm glad it's not a little thumbnail preview that I'd have to squint at to see properly.
Cons: Sometimes the delay can be a couple seconds long, but I think it's a small price to have to pay. =)
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4 out of 7 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris Preview 1.7
"It does what it says but Browster does it better."
Pros: This program cut down on search time and opens windows fairly quickly.
Cons: It is a bit awkward and unwieldy to use. The instant that the mouse comes to a stop over a link it will begin to open the site in a preview. Browster does a much better job of leaving you in control of what you want opened and when you want it opened.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris Preview 1.7
Pros: Pretty easy to use. I like how Cooliris allows me to save time browsing on all websites. I think the CNET review is incorrect. It works on every website I've tried, even my own homepage. I like how the window preview size is adjustable and big enough that it lets me see what the webpage is really about, rather than being a small thumbnail.
Cons: Wouldn't mind having more preferences so I can, for instance, set up the delay/sensitivity of the preview window.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris Preview 1.7
"GREAT help in shortening research/searching times"
Pros: See if a site is what you're looking for before you open it - see dead links before you wait ages for them to NOT open - see images much quicker ...
Cons: On smaller screens, the 'extra' window may be a problem - on my G5 Mac (using Safari) with cinema display it is great!
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2 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris Preview 1.7
"Opens a huge picture of the site"
Pros: You can see the site before you click on it.
Cons: It opens a huge picture of the site that takes up half the page. I wish it opened a small thumbnail of the site. But it doesnt.
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