Full screen, 3D - PicLens turns your browser into a stunning visual experience to find and display online photos and videos. Our "Wall 3D" you can effortlessly search and zoom your way through thousands of images, videos, son of news, sports flows, and more. See our demonstration http://piclens.com/demo
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Web Services for research and photo sharing, such as Google or Flickr, are increasingly popular among users worldwide. So what if, instead of having access to these websites individually, we could make them all in one place? It is the very purpose of the extension PicLens Firefox, created by the team cooliris. It's free and you can use it as long as you want after installing the Mozilla Firefox browser on your computer. After that, you can take advantage of the extension PicLens.
The Looks
PicLens not change anything about your interface Firefox, because it only adds a small icon in your toolbar representing some black windows. Note that you can move this icon anywhere you like on your browser interface and that the real interface of the extension can be seen after you click on the icon. The black screen that appears makes everything easy to read and understand. At the top right corner of the screen, you will see a small search bar which, as its name suggests, it is possible for you to easily find the photo you want, or those linked to the word you typed in. On the left side of the screen, the RSS feed containing the latest news from around the world are displayed.
The Works
PicLens is extremely easy to use even by those who are new to the "mysterious" ways of a computer. This extension brings eight of the biggest websites from the entire Internet, all in one place. To see what can be done PicLens, click on its icon, and start using the interface that is available.
As I mentioned earlier, you will find the search bar at the top left of the screen. Once you click on it, a list of eight websites displayed. Choose one of the list and type in the search bar the word or phrase you want to find. Then, the screen 3D become a wall where search results are classified as small pictures. If you'd like to see more, all you have to do is press and hold the first click of a mouse, before moving the mouse in the desired direction. In this way, you can easily browse through search results. If you want to get closer photos, you must use the mouse scroll.
A click on an image and PicLens leads ahead of all others. You will notice that the image is blurred as a first step, but this effect disappears in a few moments and you will see the photo in its actual quality. As with all the normal search results, you should be able to see and access the web site that contains that information or, in our case, the image. For that, PicLens also displays the Web site that contains an image said at the bottom of each photo wall 3D. If you want to access, you must click on the image and then click on the icon representing the world that appears at the end of the name of the site. It is not really much simpler than that.
Another impressive feature of this extension is that you can search, access and watch films site YouTube. Unfortunately, it is also the only site that can be accessed by PicLens in case you need to search for video files. Even if YouTube is the largest and most important site of its kind, which does not change the fact that there are many other Web sites that offer videos and May. Just go to the search bar and select YouTube. You should know in advance, however, that YouTube will try to block access to video files with content inappropriate for children under 18 years. However, if you are looking for this type of files, PicLens not play the video file automatically because it others - but the image of the video is always displayed on the wall and everybody can see it. Because of this, we can say that, regardless of whether we are talking about YouTube, Google or Flickr, the team could consider cooliris to prepare for future releases, a Web filter to block too images that are displayed on the wall 3D.
With his third feature film, PicLens is proving to be really useful in cases where we want to go shopping on the Amazon site. As usual, all you have to do is choose the site of the search bar list and then type in the product that interests you or certain words related to it. If you see something interesting and want more info on this item from the Web site, simply click on the image and once again on the icon next to the name of the site. As you navigate through the Amazon photos, a list of categories can be seen on the left - its purpose is to make navigation on the site much easier.
Speaking of which, the same type of list can be viewed and consulted during the first launch of the extension. The only difference between the two is that the first list shows the latest news from around the world. The new titles are catalogued and well organized, so that the search for a particular event / item you want is relatively easy.
The fact that PicLens is just an extension compatible with Mac, Windows or Linux. It can be installed on many browsers such as Firefox, Safari or Internet Explorer, making its features and options available to more users.
Not long ago, PicLens presented as a last feature, only for Mac users, the ability to navigate through your search results using only the Apple Remote device. After you look for a word in PicLens, browsing through all search results is possible by simply using the Apple Remote, which resembles an iPod Shuffle. Once again, there is no simpler than that.
The Good
PicLens brings a whole new approach to the concept of Internet search. The wall 3D seems very impressive but is, at the same time, extremely easy to use. PicLens gives you quick access to the latest international news from different areas of interest, but not everything she can do. Its compatibility with the Mac and Windows platforms and the ability to use on many web browsers PicLens certainly be one of the best extensions created so far.
The Bad
Only two disadvantages come to mind when talking about PicLens. One is the lack of protection against Web sites that May have adult content, while the other is the size of the search bar list. The cooliris team should consider extending this list, because there are countless other sites of interest that could be included, with some of them actually even more interesting than those already listed.
The Truth
Overall, PicLens successfully brings together an impressive photo viewer, a video player and an RSS reader. The interface and graphics of this extension speak for themselves.
