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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: November 19, 2008
- Total Downloads: 39,468
- Downloads last week: 194
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A newer version of Cooliris for Firefox 3 is available.
(Download doesn't provide access to previous versions of this program.)
- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 26 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Cooliris blows up your Web-surfing experience into a larger-than-life graphical experience. It takes the images it finds on nearly any Web site, expands them to super-extra-large size, and then lets you surf through them in a classy scaling interface that we think we last saw in the Iron Man movie. Or maybe it was The Dark Knight.
Whatever the inspiration, there's no doubt that the cross-platform and cross-browser Cooliris puts the "graphic" back in "graphic user interface". Installing it places a button on the Toolbar. When you're on a Cooliris-enabled Web site, click the Cooliris button to activate the Cooliris interface. Your screen will go black, and all the images on the site will zoom past you as if on a roller-coaster. They stop soon after, and from there you can surf the site using the subtly-placed search bar at the top of your monitor. Click on an image to enlarge it. If it's a still image, it simply enlarges. If it's a video, it enlarges and starts playing.
Currently, the plug-in only supports a handful of the most popular graphics-intensive site, such as Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Picasa, Flickr, and a few others. A WordPress plug-in allows those who use that blogging system to create Cooliris functionality, and there's a Webmaster's guide on the Cooliris site for users who host their own sites. We also noticed occasional stability problems on Internet Explorer, but they were intermittent at best. Installing the add-on is worth it just for the sweeping, futuristic way that images stream by when you browse, even though there might not be much practical application at this point.
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Publisher's description
From Cooliris :Cooliris (formerly PicLens) instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing photos and videos on the Web. Photos and videos will come to life via a cinematic presentation that goes well beyond the confines of the traditional browser window. With Cooliris, browsing and viewing media on the Web will never be the same again. Search sites like YouTube, Flickr, Google Images, deviantART and more. You can visually shop at Amazon.com and you can discover content from sites like ESPN, MSNBC and BBC, as well as movie trailers and the latest pop culture.
Version 1.8.5.14751 adds compatibility with Flock 2.0 and Adobe Flash 10.
CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.8.5.14751 adds compatibility with Flock 2.0 and Adobe Flash 10.
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Version: Cooliris for Firefox 3 1.8.5.14751
"Cooliris is awesome, though it sometimes lags."
Pros: Easy to navigate through pics. and videos.
Cons: Isn't updated for Firefox 3.1(b2).
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Version: Cooliris for Firefox 3 1.8.5.14751
Pros: The product itself is VERY cool.
If you like looking at pics and watching Youtube vids then you're going to love this program.
Very 'futuristic', imoCons: Compatibility with various programs...
>>sigh<<Summary: I'm having a Firefox-Norton-Cooliris (among other programs) type compatibility issue...and it all began when I was forced to update to FF3.
Now FF2 was working PERFECTLY fine. Then one day it just ups and starts crashing (something FF never doe... read more >> -
Version: Cooliris for Firefox 3 1.8.5.14751
Pros: Potential to function as stated in review.
Cons: Crashes Firefox
Summary: Within about 3 minutes CoolIris caused caused Firefox 3 to consistently crash with NO error message. Firefox just vanished.
Removing Google Desktop allowed an error message to come up. The error message contained piclens19.dll although Co... read more >> - See all 3 user reviews Write review
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