How do you View Web Video and Digital Photos?
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I know I’ve asked you to email me with your recommendations. There’s been many of you who recommended this particular product several times. I recently decided to take another look now that Firefox 3 has been released. This is a free plugin that goes above and beyond anything I really imagined.
PicLens allows you to turn your browser into a full-screen 3D viewing experience for online photos and videos. It works with Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari… and can be used on both OS X and Windows.
Using PicLens, you can easily browse through any number of videos or pictures. When you’re done looking at one, you can resume browsing until you find the next thing you’re interested in. You can also search for specific things, instead of by user accounts. You can, for instance, search for every photo with the tag of Dog that is found on Flickr.
You can also do Web searches! You can search for things on Amazon and even Google using PicLens. Clicking on the “Discover” tab lets you discover many new things. You can choose to read the latest news, watch movie trailers, and even learn about something new.
Take a look at all the places you can view video and pictures from:
- Flickr
- Photobucket
- Picasa Web Albums
- Fotki
- FotoTime
- deviantART
- Smugmug
- MySpace
- Bebo
- Hi5
- Friendster
- Google Images
- Yahoo Images
- Ask Images
- Live Images
- AOL Images
- Freewebs
I apologize to those of you who have been recommending PicLens for so long. I honestly didn’t realize how excellent this nifty little software is.
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16 Comments
Headphoneguy
June 30th, 2008
at 2:19pm
I wish it worked on safari for windows :(
Thats the one thing i dont like about safari for windows
Tom
June 30th, 2008
at 2:33pm
Just imagine a pickens app for the iPhone utilizing coverflow for images on flickr for example. It would be pretty awesome!
T
Luna
June 30th, 2008
at 5:12pm
Hi Chris,
Thank you for doing such a comprehensive video and post on PicLens - we truly appreciate it!
We’re delighted to hear that you are enjoying PicLens 1.7 and we hope that your listeners and readers will as well. There is much more to come in the future and we’ll be sure to keep you updated!
Thanks again,
Luna and The Cooliris Team
Shay
June 30th, 2008
at 7:10pm
I agree, PicLens is cool!
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AbandonShip
June 30th, 2008
at 11:24pm
I also started using PicLens with the release of FF3 and I am a fan now as well! I love the darker background and really makes for a great tweak to make my browser look like an actual media center pc without buying an application, os, or installing bulky applications.
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July 1st, 2008
at 12:42am
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How do you View Web Video and Digital Photos?
Interpedia
July 1st, 2008
at 5:15am
…How do you View Web Video and Digital Photos?
gamerx287
July 1st, 2008
at 9:25am
I have checked this out on both Windows and Mac and it cam come very useful especially if I am searching for one of your videos. I can just scroll through until I see it.
Thanks for telling people about this.
-gamerx287
bradleybradwell
July 1st, 2008
at 12:07pm
All i have to say about this is AMAZING. Ok well maybe a little more. This looks so interesting. I think i just may try it out. Does anyone know of any other products such as this? Freeware perferably.
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July 1st, 2008
at 7:53pm
How do you View Web Video and Digital Photos?
Shadowfigure
July 1st, 2008
at 10:28pm
right on i’m all about the photobucket sometimes I tend to take interesting graphics from the internet and modify it into my background or add to myspace
Kurt
July 3rd, 2008
at 4:28pm
I use Flickr to upload all of my photos. I noticed that photos look much better on Flickr, are they enhanced after they are uploaded?
Dimitry1996
July 4th, 2008
at 5:57pm
Will when I dont look at stuff online I use
Windows media player for videos
Windows picture and fax viewer for pictures.
Yes I know I’m pathetic
upthevolume
July 4th, 2008
at 9:45pm
I too wish that this would work for Safari on windows it would make it so much better then. Well ill have to just use it on the Firefox Browser witch i don’t really like but oh well what am i gonna do.