http://www.piclens.com/firefox/
Viewing pictures on the various web-album sites can be a somewhat daunting task for those of us that aren't so tech-savvy (think of those that hop on the Internet just to download their grandkids' pictures, etc.) - so when something comes out that makes this task a bit easier, I have to check it out.Here is a great Firefox extension that takes the major photo-album sites like Flickr, Picasa Web Albums, etc. and turns it into a smooth looking slide-show interface.
From the website:
Enjoy these features in the free PicLens plugin
- View photos in full screen with a single click
- Play a slideshow of image search results and photo albums
- Multi-page search on Google Images and Yahoo Images
- Jump from PicLens to the corresponding Web page
Currently Supported Sites
- Flickr
- Google Images
- Yahoo Images
- Friendster
- Picasa Web Albums
- Media RSS (example, quickstart guide)
Likes:
- Smooth 'Zen-like' interface, easy to understand
- non-intrusive ghost watermark (indicator for piclens overlay on picture)
- No easy way to download pictures through the interface
- Needs a download progress indicator - computer just sits there, but I can't tell how long it will take for larger images to download
- If you have particularly small images on Flickr, et. al., and you don't want to view it through PicLens, it may be difficult to click on (without clicking the PicLens overlay) - should have an option here to adjust PicLens overlay timeout.
I know this is beta, so I will put this under 'Other' - I noticed that the first picture doesn't seem to appear (white screen), but the rest seem to work/view just fine.
1 comments:
I've been using this extension for a little while and really like it.
It is superb for sites where you are comparing things - like Ebay for example.
It is much faster to use Piclens to quickly view the link to the item you want to buy, so that you can check if the item is 10 minutes or 10 hours away.
And all those other sites that say "from...(really cheap price", and never seem to have the item you want, can be checked and dismissed rapidly.
Finally, as Piclens doesn't have to load an entire browser, it is far faster than standard browsing, plus clicking on links in Piclens works just like your browser would. Superb!
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