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The Coolest Lightboxes Around
This list is a collection of personal lightbox favorites. Some are barely considered a simple lightbox being that they load way more than an image. Add your favorites as comments…
JavaScript + PHP
- Mini Showcase
- minishowcase is a small and simple php/javascript online photo gallery, powered by AJAX that allows you to easily show your images online, without complex databases or coding, allowing to have an up-and-running gallery in a few minutes.
JavaScript (jQuery)
- Lightbox v2
- Lightbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.
- Fancybox
- FancyBox is tool for displaying images, html content and multi-media in a Mac-style “lightbox” that floats overtop of web page.
- ThickBox
- ThickBox is a webpage UI dialog widget written in JavaScript on top of the jQuery library. Its function is to show a single image, multiple images, inline content, iframed content, or content served through AJAX in a hybrid modal.
JavaScript (Stand Alone)
- Shadowbox Media Viewer
- Shadowbox is an online media viewer application that supports all of the web’s most popular media publishing formats. Shadowbox is written entirely in JavaScript and CSS and is highly customizable. Using Shadowbox, website authors can showcase a wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.
- GreyBox Smart Window
- A pop-up window that doesn’t suck.
