Cooliris is one of the best ways to flip through photos, enabling you to scroll through hundreds of photos effortlessly. Flickr is one of the best sites to search for photos. Combine the two and you’ve got CoolFlick, a service that lays Cooliris’ thumbnail scrolling on top of Flickr – all from within the browser window.
Here at ReadWriteWeb we’re big fans of visualizing data and content. When it comes to photos, Cooliris is one of our favorites. We’ve got it plugged into Firefox and on our iPhones. But, sometimes, it would be nice to have quick access to the Cooliris scrolling without having to install a browser plugin or having to jump out of the browser environment.
That’s where CoolFlick comes in handy.
To begin searching for photos with CoolFlick, you can either go directly to the CoolFlick site to enter your query or you can string it into a URL like http://www.coolflick.org/index.php?q=jinaa.com. That’s it. Using the search terms, CoolFlick loads up a series of matching photos. Then you can begin panning side-to-side and zooming in for more detail just like you would with Cooliris.
But here’s something even better: You can take that view with you and share it with your friends. CoolFlick provides an embed code that allows you to add Cooliris viewing functionality to any site you’d like.
On January 24, two days after Ridley Scott‘s now legendary 1984 commercial went to air during Super Bowl XVIII, Steve Jobs stepped onto the stage at De Anza College in Cupertino CA, and pulled a beige box out of a canvas bag. As the lights dimmed and the opening notes to Vangelis’ Chariots of Fire filled the room, the excited audience got its first glimpse of the Macintosh (video embedded below).
Macs are known for the intuitive software that makes them great for non-geeks, and Apple has always been consistent in pioneering new technology, but the ability to bundle it all into one super sleek package has given Apple an edge over the rest. Today, as the Mac turned 25, we thought we’d take a look at how its changed over the years. Please enjoy
1984: Macintosh 128K $2495
Inspired by Lisa and originally called the Macintosh, it was renamed after a new version was released to differentiate it. This original Macintosh came with a keyboard, mouse and 3.5″ floppy drive.
The Macintosh portable was Apple’s first attempt to make a battery-powered equivalent of the desktop Macintosh. Clunky now, in its day it was quite the prize.
The PowerBook 100 was the low-end model of the first three simultaneously released PowerBooks and the first to really start resembling the notebooks of today.
The iMac G3 was the first model of the iMac line made by Apple Inc. and was an all-in-one computer originally released in a striking blue. With the return of Steve Jobs, Apple suddenly got sleeker.
Cooliris is one of the best ways to flip through photos, enabling you to scroll through hundreds of photos effortlessly. Flickr is one of the best sites to search for photos. Combine the two and you’ve got CoolFlick, a service that lays Cooliris’ thumbnail scrolling on top of Flickr – all from within the browser window.
