We're big fans of Piclens, a web browser plugin that lets you create photo slideshows out of search results from sites like Flickr, Google Images, Photobucket, Facebook, and about a dozen other services. PicLens has come a long way since we first covered it back in 2006. At the time, Piclens was only available for Safari.
A few months ago, Piclens released browser plugins for Firefox and Internet Explorer. And this week the service released a new version of its browser plugin that supercharges the full-screen slideshows. You can still browse through images using a Flickr-like slideshow with thumbnails at the bottom of your screen and a larger image in the main window.
But the default image browser is now more like a brick wall, where each brick is an image thumbnail. And the wall goes on forever. You can drag a slider at the bottom of the window and zip past images in a way that sort of defies description, which is why we've embedded a video above. You can also click on individual files for a larger view, search for more images from within the slideshow player, or click a link to see the image at its source.
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2-14-2008 @ 6:36PM
dancinbojagles said...
Holy crap. Just, wow. I'd tried Piclens before, didn't much care for it, but JEEZ what a difference a little time can make! It would be even better, though, if it could display any image link, so you could browse like a BBS image board and just see the pictures, not the inane blather of its undoubtedly mouth-breathing inhabitants.
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2-14-2008 @ 6:42PM
dancinbojagles said...
Actually, what would be even cooler is if they were integrated into the ever-growing Google monstrosity, and Picasa could have this same sort of interface, and this whole Media RSS thing would become widely used through their might.
2-15-2008 @ 6:04PM
Chris said...
Hi Brad:
Thanks so much for your thumbs up on PicLens 1.6. We really appreciate it! Major new features are coming, so keep us on your radar. I think you'll be very impressed.
For interested readers, here's a link to another video demo by a PicLens fan!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uRG40tqC8dM
Thanks, again.
Chris & The Cooliris Team
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