Options for Lightbox

May 20th, 2008

I’m in the process of revamping my photo gallery sections as the SimpleViewer Flash -powered gallery isn’t quite doing the job for me (although I haven’t ruled it out yet, it might just need a change of layout).

One option that many people use is Lightbox – or one of the many variants that have cropped up. This is a Javascript overlay technique that allows you to display thumbnails of your photographs and then when the visitor clicks on the thumbnail, causes it to pop-up in the centre of the screen (without a new window though) and darkens the background.

Look at this for an example:

Pint of Guinness

I haven’t yet decided which Lightbox variant is best for my needs – I’m currently going through this list which is a very useful summary review of the options: Which Lightbox is Right for You?

Edit: Looks like Slimbox may have won the competition.

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