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Out of curiosity, what is the point of a "light box"? I tend to open lots of images into new tabs while I'm reading articles, and it's really annoying to have
by blhack 16y ago
Out of curiosity, what is the point of a "light box"? I tend to open lots of images into new tabs while I'm reading articles, and it's really annoying to have the rest of the article go black when I do.
- hasenj 16y agoSomeone thought it's a neat trick and many followed suit. I suspect it's a classical case of "you're not your user". I personally think it's really annoying for the technically literate, and really confusing for the rest of the population. What I really love, is the chrome plugin that zooms facebook photos on hovering them; facebook photo zoom[1] [1]: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/elioihkkcdgakfbahdoddophfngopipi https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/elioihkkcdgakfba...
- qjz 16y agoUnfortunately, lightbox-style galleries still behave inconsistently across hardware/platforms/browsers and often break. And, you're right, many people find them annoying. But as a developer who recently converted a portfolio site, I can tell you that it tremendously simplifies the code needed to present a gallery of images, making a portfolio-oriented site much more easy to update. Also, clients tend to go ga-ga over the slick eye candy (thus decreasing the demand for Flash, so it's not all bad).
- lwhi 16y agoIt provides a method to produce a 'modal dialog / window'.