Another Look at Firefox Add-ons: Part I

Firefox 3.0 is out: they were more than 8 millions downloads on the release day, probably a Guinness world record! Congrats to all the folks at Mozilla!! So, let me take this opportunity to introduce PicLens (www.piclens.com) by Cooliris , a Firefox add-on that enhance your view of photos or videos. They boast an immersive view on your pictures. Well, I have to agree the view is indeed immersive. Here is an impression of what you’ll get.

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When I tested PicLens, I was really impressed. So I installed it. I have to say that I’ve been disappointed by other firefox add-ons before, but this time it was different. Installation is easy. I particularly like the fact that you can launch PicLens from the toolbar.

PicLens supports most popular feeds includin YouTube, Facebook (see example above),  Flickr, Google, Yahoo and more.

From time to time, PicLens will open a tab in another Firefox session when i close the current photo or video. My workaround to this is to close PicLens windows by clicking on the upper right end of the window.

~ by Christian Essombè Kuoh on July 15, 2008.