Google releases Visigami, open source image browser

The guys over at the Google Mac blog have dropped a new little open source application called Visigami, which serves as a more "interesting" and "fun" way to browse and play around with images online. Basically, after installing the app, you can then pull in pics from Picasa, Google Images, or Flickr (iPhoto is just a suggestion so far), and then search, animate, zoom in or out on them, and even turn them right into a screensaver.

It's a pretty neat little application -- not exactly the kind of thing that anyone has probably been hoping for (it seems more fun than utilitarian), but if you find yourself often browsing photos online, this definitely seems like a more fun way to do it. And it's one more reason to praise all the great developers working on our platform -- it's little apps like this that make the Mac user experience so much better.

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Source: http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2008/04/by-chris-rogers-google…

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Michael

First, thanks again for keeping all us jacked-in to your blog-- well-informed of new, useful, and entertaining information.

Second, I'm going to side with the recommendation. The PicLens recommendation.

PicLens is by far, for any computing category, a best-in-show (hmm, not a bad pun) enhancement to the computing, let alone, browser/image surfing experience.
It's form matches its function. To the Nth degree.

It's definitely a "WOW, look at that app", one of the top twenty I've seen since beginning my computer experience on the Mac, in 1984. Yes, that's right, since the runner threw the hammer.

Thanks again for worthwhile daily reads.

Michael

May 03 2008 at 10:59 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Griffin Stewart

I like piclens better. By far the best web image browsing experience available. Check it out here:
http://www.piclens.com/site/firefox/mac/
www.jgriffinstewart.com

May 03 2008 at 9:29 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Paul

Piclens if great! I will have to check this out too.

May 03 2008 at 11:35 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Dary

is it same the PicLens's Add-ons?

May 03 2008 at 12:17 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

crazypenguin

sadly, it does not work with tiger, i might upgrade soon, seeing as my birthday is like a week away.

May 02 2008 at 10:30 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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robogobo

happy birthday!

May 03 2008 at 7:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Blaktornado

"it's little apps like this that make the Mac user experience so much better."

I must agree completely.

You don't get fun little apps like this on Windows and that's one of the reasons why it's nowhere near as good in terms of user experience.

May 02 2008 at 10:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

david

I'd be a great way of getting CC and non-copyrighted images...

May 02 2008 at 9:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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