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How It Works

Installing PicLens

Click Download on the main page and follow the instructions to complete the installation process. PicLens will activate the next time Firefox is launched.

If a yellow bar appears with the the message "Firefox prevented this site from asking you to install software on your computer", click the "Edit Options" button to right of the yellow bar. Then click "Allow" and then close the window. This gives Firefox permission to install add-ons to your browser from the PicLens website.

Supported Sites

PicLens provides an immersive full-screen experience for viewing photos and videos on the supported sites listed below and on sites that support Media RSS.
NEW!PicLens now supports YouTube!

Photo

Social

Image Search

Webhosts/Galleries

Flickr
Photobucket
Picasa Web Albums
Fotki
FotoTime
deviantART
Smugmug
Facebook
MySpace
Bebo
Hi5
Friendster
Google Images
Yahoo Images
Ask Images
Live Images
AOL Images
Freewebs
TTG Galleries (Lightroom)
Phoca Gallery (Joomla)
favorite sites

Using PicLens

Step 1. To use PicLens on supported sites, simply mouse over an item and click the PicLens button that fades in.

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PicLens v.1.6.3+ supports YouTube videos only through the PicLens search bar.
A PicLens icon will not appear above any items on the YouTube website.

Step 2. PicLens will automatically jump into the "PicLens 3D Wall", where you can then scroll and zoom, jump back to the corresponding webpage, and even toggle into full-screen mode.

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Step 3. Once in full-screen mode, you can sit back to watch a slideshow or skip to any item by clicking it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

See our FAQ page for answers to questions about features, compatibility, and more.

Uninstalling PicLens

To remove PicLens from your computer, go to Firefox Tools > Add-ons > Extensions, select PicLens, and then click Uninstall.
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Piclens works on Firefox, Internet Explorer and Safari.
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