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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP
- Date added: April 29, 2008
- Total Downloads: 27,891
- Downloads last week: 296
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A newer version of PicLens for Internet Explorer is available.
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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 :PicLens instantly transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing images 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 PicLens, browsing and viewing media on the Web will never be the same again.
PicLens 1.6.3.2361 now supports YouTube videos via the PicLens search bar, as well as enhanced metadata display.
What's new in this version:
PicLens 1.6.3.2361 now supports YouTube videos via the PicLens search bar, as well as enhanced metadata display.
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Version: PicLens for Internet Explorer 1.6.3.2361
"Cool, but crashes ie7 on vista"
Pros: Really neat if you have a powerful video card
Cons: If I started a file download, then closed ie7 while still downloading a file, the browser would crash and stop downloading my file.
When I looked in the event log, I noticed that it was Piclens.dll that was crashing. I uninstalled it and now file downloading while closing the browser works fine.
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Version: PicLens for Internet Explorer 1.6.3.2361
Pros: Had PicLens downloaded a couple months ago and Loved it! But had uninstall briefly.
Cons: I seem to be having problems downloading again,keeps downloading with errors.
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