Comments on: Modal Kombat! A Lightbox Comparison

By: Benjamin "balupton" Lupton

Benjamin "balupton" Lupton — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:30:59 +0000

Fantastic and much needed review (as with all the lightbox choices out there it does become difficult).

However, for the balupton edition, it does not “yet” support other media types as you have said it does, only images. Later on, I will consider adding more if it becomes a popular request.

Xiao Z. Jia, IE6 support has been re-added in the latest release (v1.3.0-rc1).

I have also put some work into the readme.txt to make it a bit easier to understand, as well as providing an options listing and how to, to show the user to customise the lightboxes to their full potential.

One feature I am quite proud of in the latest release is the automatic scrolling and resizing of images.

Again, good work, and thanks.

By: Xiao Z. Jia

Xiao Z. Jia — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:16:29 +0000

Good article, helped me in my search for a good lightbox solution.

HOWEVER: the one that you gave a lot of praise for – jQuery Lightbox Plugin (balupton edition), has dropped support for IE6 for its recent releases (which fixes a bunch of browser bugs), which I only found out after I’ve done some work on it.

It is a total turnoff and I now have to look for another solution.

By: Steve Killen

Steve Killen — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:17:16 +0000

Thanks for the quick reply Ben, forgot to mention, great list btw, I’ve already put it in my google bookmarks for quick reference.

By: Keith Knipling

Keith Knipling — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:29:20 +0000

Ben,
Thanks for the comprehensive comparison. I am currently debating what lightbox to use on my website. Do you have a strong preference regarding scriptaculous vs. mootools? Do you anticipate one achieving dominance over the other?

I see that you prefer Lightview. My only reservation is that it is not “open,” and also somewhat heavier than mootools.

Also, what do you think of shadowbox?

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:05:24 +0000

Stevie,

I am sure that there are other solutions, but from the list above, you could use Multibox or MOOdalBox. Between the two, I favor MOOdalBox because it is a better written application and is very easy to modify. Also, I don’t know what you need to do with the modal but you could always place the SWF in a page can call it using the AJAX method or even as inline content.

By: Stevie Killen

Stevie Killen — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:56:08 +0000

Is there just the one Modal Window plugin that handles flash? I was looking particularly for a mootools one that handles an interactive swf.