Solution: Cooliris offers a super-slick way of finding rich Web content
For as long as there's been the Internet, there have also been search engines. The two are connected at the hip.
But let's face it - search engines and the content they display are not always the most exhilarating of objects. Google works great, but it's boring to look at. YouTube is crammed full of amazing video content, but the process of finding it isn't exactly pretty.
That's where Cooliris comes in as a product that will appeal to those of you who value form above function. Cooliris can be downloaded as a standalone program or as an extension for your Web browser, and it gives you the ability to search the Web for images and videos via a VERY cool interactive interface.
You can search a wide range of sources including YouTube, Hulu, Google Images and Flickr and rather than returning results in a dull-as-dishwater list, Cooliris give you a scrolling, 3-D style wall effect that you can click and drag to scroll through the content.
Will Cooliris ever replace your regular search engine? Probably not. But just the coolness factor was enough to have me playing around with it for a good ten minutes and I suspect that if you search for a lot of video this could come in very useful.
Check out the video above for a full walk-through of some of the features.
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