iBox, The Lightweight Lightbox Alternative
iBegin has just released iBox, a “lightweight, fast, and flexible” lightbox script.
It supports the following content types:
Images
It supports image overlaying and will automatically scale down the window if the browser’s viewpane is too small.
Documents
Displays linked documents in a similar fashion as Images.
Inline Containers
iBox can also display containers (e.g. hidden DIVs) within the same page.
YouTube Videos (Flash Video)
iBox’s architecture supports plugins. Images, Documents, and Inline Containers are all plugins, and YouTube Videos is provided as an example for developers to make their own plugins.
One notable aspect of iBox is its support for non-JavaScript capable browsers. It supports a target attribute which specifies the target document to be loaded, so that you can specify a different value for the HREF attribute. Very nifty.
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March 13th, 2008 at 11:14 pm
Maybe I’m a little tired of this clones
I write this kind of stuff myself and that’s alright.
March 14th, 2008 at 1:14 am
We released iBox 1.0 almost two years ago. No one did non-JS support (which is why we had to make our own).
March 14th, 2008 at 8:03 pm
I didn’t mean to offend anyone, of course.
It’s a very good alternative to lightbox, but, I mean, I prefer to build myself what I need (when I have time).
Sorry if someone feel offended, really.
March 15th, 2008 at 4:18 am
Very usefull tips. Thanks!
March 17th, 2008 at 12:40 pm
Great tips and advice. Each day I learn something new.