Cooliris = interesting way to view the web
I was viewing a web based photo album this morning and it had a link saying “CoolIris can be used on this Gallery 
” So I clicked it and found a pretty cool firefox plug-in that turns image, video galleries and even search results into an interactive visual wall.
Overall the interface and interactions are a continued expansion of the itunes tile interface Apple introduced a while a go. But the shift in perspective to give a users an idea of the length of the results is visually “cool” but more importantly it has purpose for the user. Time will tell if I will actually use the “discover” and “shop” functionality provided by the plug-in but I am interested in exploring the use of their “embed wall” flash version (shown below with their sample images)
I also might try and use it when searching for inspirational material for design projects.