I do agree with the usability concerns. The less animation the better, imho. If you remove the animation component that almost all "lightbox-like" implementatio

I do agree with the usability concerns. The less animation the better, imho. If you remove the animation component that almost all "lightbox-like" implementations use, it's quite a handy feature tho. But then again, I guess the point of the article was about showcasing what one could achieve with CSS alone.