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Mad Aussie
03-04-2009, 09:19 PM
I've always been an IE fan. I did dabble with Firefox in the past here and there but always found it to have issues showing certain websites.

Today I had another look, downloaded the latest version and added in a couple of cool addons they provide.

One such addon is the Cool Iris photography viewing function. VERY COOL.

A click of a button and you have this scrolling folio of photos to view. A search bar allows you to search in sites such as Flickr and then scroll along in a 3D kind of effect. Click a photo and it becomes larger and displays an icon that will take you to the Flickr Photostream for that photo.

I like.

Anyone else tried this?

Get Firefox here http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Cool Iris Addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5579
BlueX
03-04-2009, 09:41 PM
I tried this but found that it bogged down slow machines. And I felt it took too long to open pics, again on some of my slower machines. I liked it and thought it was a cool effect but the novelty of it wore off for me.

You should try the Exif viewer add-on if you don't already have it. It lets you look at the exif data to some (not all) jpegs, even on the web.
Mad Aussie
03-04-2009, 09:46 PM
Our PC's are not too old so I didn't see any problems.

That Exif Viewer sounds cool
Mad Aussie
03-04-2009, 09:54 PM
Exif Viewer addon https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3905

I like this better though because it only puts the EXIF data into the properties tab (right click a photo and choose 'properties' https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5673
BlueX
03-05-2009, 12:10 AM
I like this better though because it only puts the EXIF data into the properties tab (right click a photo and choose 'properties' https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5673

Hmmm... I haven't tried this one yet... I'll give it a whirl.

On the topic of add-ons, the one I find is a must is Tab Mix Plus. I don't know if you've heard of this before. It lets you control and customize the tabs in ff. Once I used it, I cannot use ff without it. My favorite is that I set it up to open new tabs from my bookmarks and whenever I do a search in the google bar.
Mad Aussie
03-05-2009, 12:14 AM
Hmmm no ... I only put FF back on today after many years so I haven't seen jack of the add-ons yet. Will check that one out too. :)
BlueX
03-05-2009, 12:48 AM
Hmmm no ... I only put FF back on today after many years so I haven't seen jack of the add-ons yet. Will check that one out too. :)

Yeah, I'm not real big on add-ons. But this one take full use of the functionality of the tabs in ff. It has changed my web surfing habits for the better by letting me click less.
Gem
03-05-2009, 11:16 AM
I have it too! It's like a 3D wall, pretty cool. I also like the coolpreviews add-on. It's great when you're researching stuff in databases :)
Ben H
03-05-2009, 11:25 AM
Yep, it's cool - it's far faster to browse images than the majority of websites, such as Google Images - I wish more sites were directly supported though...
Marko
03-05-2009, 12:01 PM
BOTH those exif viewers do not work with my version of FF (3.0.6)

I get nothin.

It sux - exif viewers worked fine with my FF version 2 but the second I "upgraded" yeah right - I cannot use these and it's a real pain.
Mad Aussie
03-05-2009, 03:02 PM
I have 3.06 and they both work for me Marko. I love it ... very helpful.
Mad Aussie
03-30-2009, 02:33 PM
Thought I'd mention I haven't tired of any of the addon's I mentioned earlier in this thread. The CoolIris addon is very helpful quite often.
Lovin
04-09-2009, 09:32 PM
I'm using Cool Iris for few months. It's working great and it's a cool add-on.
I'm using it on iPhone too, work great.
Mad Aussie
04-09-2009, 11:03 PM
Yeh I love it. Use it often. Have no issues.
Marko
04-14-2009, 02:11 PM
Just installed it and it's working great now - great to see flickr photostreams:highfive:
Mad Aussie
04-14-2009, 03:00 PM
Just installed it and it's working great now - great to see flickr photostreams:highfive:
Makes life a easy for flicking through a set of shots doesn't it? I got motion sickness when I first got it though :laugh:
Ben H
04-14-2009, 04:54 PM
I just had great fun throwing it left and right with the mouse, or holding the cursor keys, and going "wwhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"


;)
Mad Aussie
04-15-2009, 12:15 AM
I just had great fun throwing it left and right with the mouse, or holding the cursor keys, and going "wwhhhhheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!"


;)
http://www.mtbdirt.com.au/home/smf/Smileys/classic/biglaugha.gif Careful ... that gives you a headache after a few hours :headslap: