Freeware of the Moment- PicLens
Our Freeware of the Moment is a little different than usual as it’s not a program, rather PicLens is one of the coolest browser add-ons I’ve seen yet. It defies description, basically it’s a cool way to interact with your browser for image and video work. The user interface looks a lot like the Cover Flow interface and what makes PicLens so cool is how fast and high resolution it is. I have been using PicLens with Firefox 3 on both the Mac and Windows and it simply works well. The search box that will search common image sites like YouTube and Flickr is very nicely done. Take a look at this screen I snapped of a search for jkOnTheRun I did on Google:
This screen doesn’t do it justice as the beauty of PicLens is how the animated 3D interface works and makes spinning through a lot of images a whole lot of fun. To see PicLens in action requires a video of it in action and our buddy Jason Dunn of Thoughts Media did one of it so have a look at the video and see why I find it to be a nice addition to my browsing arsenal. Thanks to reader Stephen Feger for pointing me to PicLens!
PicLens is definitely a cool plug-in. Another one you may want to check out by the same developers is Cooliris Preview. It give you a thumbnail preview of a link when you hover over it. I only used it for about a week but may be something other may want to try out. http://www.cooliris.com/
Hi James,
Thank you for posting about PicLens! We truly appreciate it. We’re delighted to hear that you are enjoying PicLens 1.7. Definitely check out our Discovery feature in PicLens that allows you to quickly see the latest news, entertainment, sports, and tech feeds on the web!
For interested readers, please check out http://piclens.com/demo/ and http://blog.cooliris.com to learn more.
Thanks again,
Luna and The Cooliris Team
I have been using PicLens since it came out. With monitor size and 3D capabilities on the rise, this could be the next killer app. I outlined 8 other free applications that have
somewhat similar approach with 3D and taking advantage of that z-axis. Checkout those 8 applications at http://tinyurl.com/69qks3