“Preview search results and other links without leaving your current page”

Cooliris Previews improves the way you browse through web search results by providing you with a visual preview of any link.

This means that you don't have to leave the webpage you're currently browsing or click back and forth a list of Internet addresses. Simply hover your mouse over the link and the webpage it refers to will open on a new window right on top of the Firefox browser.

This window is fully functional, that is, you can actually browse its content with your mouse just like you'd do in any regular tab. This functionality also applies to images, which makes browsing through Google Images search results much easier. What's more, you can customize the window's behavior and appearance through the extension's options menu.

The extension includes some other extra tools with which you can share links by email or save them in a temporary bookmarking system called "the stash". I personally found the latter to be a great idea, but not very well implemented.

Cooliris Previews makes web browsing faster, easier and more comfortable, especially when it comes to check search results one by one.

Languages:

English

OS requirements for Cooliris Previews Extension:

OS: Win98/98SE/Me/2000/XP

Pros

Easier and faster way to browse through a lot of links
Adds photo preview in Google Images

Cons

Poorly implemented temporal bookmarks

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From the publisher of Cooliris Previews Extension

Cooliris Previews is a free browser add-on that lets you preview links and rich media without clicking or leaving your current page, so you can browse the web faster than ever. Simply mouseover your link or our Cooliris icon, and a preview window instantly appears with your content. No more clicking back and forth!

Fully interactive on just about any website, including Google, Yahoo!, MSN, YouTube, Flickr. Also try Cooliris Previews on blogs, discussion forums, news sites, and and more. See what Cooliris Previews features for you:

Preview web links, images, and videos without even clicking.
Enjoy Google Images and Yahoo Images in a slideshow mode.
Stack previewed items into temporary bookmarks to review.
Instantly send links to friends and family with just a click.
Automatically subsearch Google, Wikipedia, or just about any searchable website by right-clicking on any phrase
Customize Cooliris to control preview window activation (mouseover, CTRL-hover, 1-click, click icon), time delay, size and placement.