10.4: View some image-centric websites as slideshows
Feb 07, '07 07:30:03AM • Contributed by: roncross@cox.net
Feb 07, '07 07:30:03AM • Contributed by: roncross@cox.net
Have you ever wanted to view Google, Flickr, or Yahoo images in a slideshow? Doesn't seem possible, does it? With the free PicLens for Safari, however, you can do just that! Download, quit Safari, install the plug-in, and launch Safari again.
If you now go to Google Images and type in birds, you will receive a bunch of images of, well, birds. Move the cursor to the lower left of the image, and a small PicLens button will fade in. Click the button and your image will be in full screen mode, along with a thumbnail slider and an auto slideshow button to look at all the images on the page.
The software is beta, so I am sure that other improvements will be forthcoming in the near future. At any rate, with this software, it is now easier to browse Google or Yahoo images in full view without having to click on each image one by one.
[robg adds: I don't usually like things like this, but this app is pretty slick. Beyond the listed sites, it also supports Photobucket, FaceBook, and Ask.com images. If you tire of the plug-in, or find that Safari has issues with it installed, it's easy to remove. Just go to View » PicLens » Remove PicLens, and it's gone.]
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