Read News in Style in Mac OS X
I have been researching how people read the news online for the past year. I even created a video game where the player can shoot down news headlines with a Wii Remote and then read the news stories. Recently, I found one of the coolest news viewers I have ever seen.
This news reader is an Add-On for Firefox called PicLens and guess what, it looks stunning on a Mac!
To install PicLens, Choose Tools -> Add-Ons in the Menubar while Firefox is open. Click the Get Add-Ons Tab. Search for “PicLens” I needed to click “See All Results (2)” for some reason. Click the Add to Firefox Button in the next window. Follow the On Screen instructions. You will have to Restart Firefox.
PicLens will add an icon in the top right next to the Google Search Bar. Click this logo to start PicLens. The first time you open, instructions will appear. You will be placed in the Discover Category. Click Discover in the top left to see all the various categories. The pictures will take you to news stories when double clicked, a single click shows a caption for the photo. Movies have a small icon and will play right in the window. Watch out for advertisements, they are clearly marked.
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Written by Steve Blue
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Ruud Raats
Hi Steve,
sorry to say, but Piclens is available in Firefox. It also works on a pc (I use both btw).
Great blog! Carry on
Ruud
Aug 6th, 2008 11:25 pm
Steve Blue
Wow, I just took the Download site for granted I suppose. I am changing the entry to reflect this.
Aug 7th, 2008 8:25 am
Ibrahim Rabbani
yeah we can use this in windows =P
Aug 16th, 2008 10:28 am
Daniel
The latest is CoolIris.
Aug 24th, 2008 8:01 pm