Image Finder
In our daily work at BrainStore we get to use a lot of image material, be it for inspiration or illustration. Searching for a specific picture can become a drag sometimes, switching between different image hosting sites and scanning the content in the traditional way. It takes up time, lots of it, time that could be used better to focus on how we can further improve our IdeaMachine.
So these days, when it comes to searching for images, I turn to Cooliris (free download at www.cooliris.com ). It is a plug-in for your browser that turns your screen in to a customable “3D Wall” to display your search results, be it pictures or videos, in a stunning new and slick way. It has a very intuitive handling that an averagely gifted person should understand within a minute. Also available in an iPhone version, Cooliris takes full advantage of the touch screen technology to create a unique picture and video viewing experience on the go.
At present, the software is compatible with Google Image Search, Yahoo! Image Search, Ask.com Images, Live Search Images, AOL Image Search, Flickr, Photobucket, Picasa, Fotki, FotoTime, deviantART, SmugMug, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, hi5, Friendster, YouTube (for videos), Gallery, and any web site that implements mediaRSS <link> tags in their HTML pages. The software places a small icon in the corner of an image thumbnail when the mouse moves over it, which launches into a full-screen photo viewer when clicked.
This little gadget is exactly the kind of software we expect when we think of the web of tomorrow. The only difference is: It’s here already.
