| Everyone has the same problem on MySpace at one | | | | a MySpace extension called Cool Iris. Cool Iris lets you |
| time or another. You're on the site checking out other | | | | see someone's profile without having to actually go to |
| people's profiles, and you wonder if maybe something | | | | the page. How in the world does it do that? |
| is wrong with your computer because it's going so | | | | First, you need to download the plug-in. Do a Google |
| slowly. You glance over at your cable modem lights - | | | | search for Cool Iris and follow the link to the Cool Iris |
| yep, they're on. You quickly open another tab and | | | | page. It's an easy install; just follow the prompts. Now, |
| check to see if another page will load. Yes - Google's | | | | with the plug-in installed, go to MySpace and visit your |
| home page loads up just fine. So, you figure it must be | | | | own main page - not your profile page. Hover your |
| MySpace. | | | | mouse pointer over the link to your profile on that |
| You're right. MySpace users are all too well aware of | | | | page. See the little icon that looks like a little blue book |
| the lag time they experience sometimes when | | | | with what looks like a magnifying glass on it. Hover |
| attempting to navigate through the web site. Even on a | | | | over that, and up comes a preview window, and in |
| fast computer with a cable modem, sometimes it | | | | that window you can see your photos and profile |
| seems as if you will be waiting forever for someone's | | | | information and widgets, plus hear your music player ... |
| profile page to load. MySpace has issues at time, for | | | | in short, your entire profile page. How cool is that? Try |
| sure! Also, the web site will occasionally experience | | | | it again on one of your friend's profile pages. It's great, |
| downtimes when maintenance and other fixes are | | | | isn't it? |
| taking place. | | | | The thinking behind this is that the ability to see the |
| To be fair, MySpace is not always the problem. Some | | | | information and photos on a profile page will allow you |
| people do so much customization to their profile page | | | | to determine whether or not you want to actually visit |
| that it can cause their servers to balk at the load. This | | | | the profile. Cool Iris is very fast, almost instantaneous, |
| can cause a wait of several minutes for you before | | | | and using it to check out someone's profile first can |
| the page comes up. This can slow your computer | | | | save you a huge amount of navigation time. |
| down as well! So, what can you do about this? Is there | | | | The neat thing about Cool Iris is that it will work with |
| any way to make these MySpace pages come up | | | | any web site on the Internet. You can preview links, |
| faster? | | | | videos, and images, too! Cool Iris is free to download |
| You're in luck! There is an easy way to browse | | | | and free to use, too. It has no kind of spyware or |
| MySpace pages and profiles faster. If you are using | | | | adware, so it is safe. Download Cool Iris today, and |
| Safari, Internet Explorer or Firefox, you can download | | | | save time while browsing MySpace! |