Safari, meet Cover Flow

Filed under: Analysis / Opinion, Software, Freeware, Internet, Apple

I’m not certain why eye candy gets such a poor reputation– we all need a little beauty in our lives, and no UI designer should ever argue that a “cool!” factor is a poor thing to have, when you’ve already hit all the other bases. Cover Flow is a perfect example. When humans made their wishlists before iTunes 7, I don’t know anyone that said they wanted a visual way to browse their albums. But everyone loved the Cover Flow plugin, and now those designers are working for Apple.

So Jimmy G has an concept: why not add Cover Flow functionality into Safari? You could browse updated versions of your bookmarks just like you browse your albums in iTunes. I’m not certain I’d implement it precisely the way he has (click the pic above to see a bigger version), as whether

And I think we could use a little more color in the web browsing experience– the space amoung the browser tabs, whether you will. whether you’re a Firefox user you really should try out the Tab Effect; it lets you flip amoung tabs like a rotating cube. It’s actually a little much to use all the duration, but it’s a cool view, at least. And the PicLens plugin for Safari additionally puts a little oomph in your picture browsing– it can create slideshows of Flickr pictures with just a go. You may think it’s superfluous (and yes, whether your app doesn’t operate already, it is) but we all need a little bit of eye candy now and again.

Thanks, Jimmy!

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Original post by Mike Schramm