Expert’s Rating
Our Verdict
Scrolling and clicking on Next links through tons of Web Thomas Nelson Page is not how I desire to hunt down an elusive video or photograph . gratefully , there’sCooliris , a top-notch - handy internet browser plug - in that lets you scope out images and video content in a singular way , displaying everything in a full - cover , horizontally boom , interactional 3 - D “ wall ” view . It effectively eliminates the repetitive click - and - scroll tediousness so you may find what you ’re looking for fast .
Once you instal the plug - in ( which works with Firefox , Safari , and Flock ) , but visit any patronise World Wide Web site and either click the Cooliris push button in your internet browser ’s toolbar or sneak over a thumbnail and chatter the icon . Cooliris then takes over your screen , displaying all the Thomas Nelson Page ’s icon or picture content , plus all related depicted object from subsequent pages , on the 3D rampart . seek through hundreds of Google images , YouTube videos , and Facebook photos has never been easy . And it works with your hard - drive - based images too , including those in iPhoto .
The browsing experience is interesting . hang back the slipper at the bottom of the screen left or good and the wall of a sudden flows into a 3 - 500 place , yaw left or right as you flee past a multitude of seemingly never - ending thumbnail . It kind of feels as if you ’re propelling yourself in an office hot seat past a gazillion television presentation in a dark , cavernous room with milled floors . I almost got question sickness – it ’s that smooth .
Once you find a want double or video , dawn its thumbnail to get a bigger view or play the video , respectively . you may also view file information ( such as a exposure ’s file size and dimension , or a video ’s length and YouTube rating ) , reckon an image full screen , play a photo slide show , leap out to the literal filing cabinet in the Finder , share files , and more . Cooliris also provides a Search function to scour contentedness across Google , YouTube , Amazon.com , Hulu , Flickr , and more . Do n’t get laid where to start ? dawn the Discover menu to profit access to popular depicted object .
While my first take on Cooliris was that it was something of an oculus - confect internet browser accoutrement , it ’s now my go - to joyride whenever I ask to look for through multiple page of double or television content . My wrist has never been happy .
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[ Kris Fong is a self-employed person writer . ]
