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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows XP/Vista
- Date added: July 24, 2008
- Total Downloads: 34,601
- Downloads last week: 506
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- 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.
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 1.7.1.3938 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version:
Version 1.7.1.3900 adds Back and Forward buttons so you can easily go back and forth between previously visited 3D wall views and improved Audio performance.
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User reviews of Cooliris for Internet Explorer 1.7.1.3938
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 26 votes
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris for Internet Explorer 1.7.1.3938
Pros: Can't like it until I get it to work.
Cons: Completely changed IE7. Had to disable it. Lost my menu bar. Expanded tabs to full screen, all tabs disappeared until mousing to top of screen. Very annoying. I'll try again some other time.I use IE8 emulating IE7 and also have Internet Explorer Pro installed as an add on. Running Vista SP1. Perhaps conflicts arise from these other programs. Also, wouldn't install on Firefox 3.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris for Internet Explorer 1.7.1.3938
Pros: in the editor's review they say it causes instabilty with IE,what kind of "issues" will i encounter if i use this program?
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris for Internet Explorer 1.7.1.3938
Pros: easy to use direct from explorer excelent grafics.
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Version: Cooliris for Internet Explorer 1.7.1.3938
"Works perfect - Really cool!"
Pros: I have had no problems what so ever to install and use PicLens for IE. It works just fine, and is really cool. You can also use Piclens for viewing pictures when searching pics on Google - gives you a new viewing experience! Also work on YouTube and more.
Cons: If you are watching large 3D galleries you need broadband connection for a good experience.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Version: Cooliris for Internet Explorer 1.7.1.3938
"Don't bother with this! it crashes all browsers."
Pros: It looked impressive and if you use images a lot makes it easier to find them without constantly clicking links.
Cons: The problems with stability are not intermittent as your review suggests. They are constant. I found it constantly crashed Internet Explorer and Firefox to a point that I couldn't even open them.
I uninstalled this pointless software and everything worked fine. A big thumbs down on this one.
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