Comments on: LightBox, GreyBox http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/ Like a chicken with a jewel in its beak. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:45:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anirudh http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-48710 Anirudh Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:10:35 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-48710 The reason the demo image fits perfectly on the screen is that it is a 640x480 px image. So it doesnt really scale it down. I'm finding it almost impossible to get large images to fit onto the users screen. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated. The reason the demo image fits perfectly on the screen is that it is a 640×480 px image. So it doesnt really scale it down. I’m finding it almost impossible to get large images to fit onto the users screen. Any suggestions will be highly appreciated.

]]> By: kcDigitalArts » lightbox and ecto http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-47428 kcDigitalArts » lightbox and ecto Sat, 03 Feb 2007 11:30:04 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-47428 [...] it with freeway here http://freeway.ontwerpzaam.nl/lightbox/ and now there is a wordpress plugin http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/ but better than that there are in structions on the ecto forum on how to integrate it into ecto too [...] [...] it with freeway here http://freeway.ontwerpzaam.nl/lightbox/ and now there is a wordpress plugin http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/ but better than that there are in structions on the ecto forum on how to integrate it into ecto too [...]

]]> By: shacker http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-13325 shacker Wed, 12 Jul 2006 14:16:30 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-13325 Brian, the sample image at that URL scales perfectly - to around 80% of the browser window. I'm using Safari. Brian, the sample image at that URL scales perfectly – to around 80% of the browser window. I’m using Safari.

]]> By: Brian http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-13280 Brian Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:56:43 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-13280 Do you know how to have the image size to the size of your window. For instance, my image is too big to fit on the screen, and I'd like for it to be scaled down to fit on n% of the screen (or something to that effect). I'm using Lightbox 2.0. This is what is happening so far... http://www.zollinhofer.com/artwork.php Do you know how to have the image size to the size of your window. For instance, my image is too big to fit on the screen, and I’d like for it to be scaled down to fit on n% of the screen (or something to that effect). I’m using Lightbox 2.0.

This is what is happening so far…
http://www.zollinhofer.com/artwork.php

]]> By: shacker http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-13253 shacker Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:12:29 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-13253 Brian, that effect comes with - I didn't do anything special to make it happen. Brian, that effect comes with – I didn’t do anything special to make it happen.

]]> By: Brian http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-13252 Brian Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:07:55 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-13252 How do you implement the expanding of the image (like you did with Miles above)? I haven't bothered to download or install thickbox yet so I'm not sure if it comes that was as a default or if it is something you have to install/configure. I like that effect though! How do you implement the expanding of the image (like you did with Miles above)? I haven’t bothered to download or install thickbox yet so I’m not sure if it comes that was as a default or if it is something you have to install/configure. I like that effect though!

]]> By: shacker http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7764 shacker Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:24:28 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7764 Rob, you don't lose context with ThickBox any more than with lightbox or graybox - it's the same deal, but with the ability to have arbitrary content rather than an image OR html. Demo here: http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/ And because it doesn't lose context, it's actually a great way to provide form help without losing entered values. And ThickBox allegedly has the added advantage of much smaller .js filesize than the others. Rob, you don’t lose context with ThickBox any more than with lightbox or graybox – it’s the same deal, but with the ability to have arbitrary content rather than an image OR html. Demo here:

http://jquery.com/demo/thickbox/

And because it doesn’t lose context, it’s actually a great way to provide form help without losing entered values. And ThickBox allegedly has the added advantage of much smaller .js filesize than the others.

]]> By: Rob http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7762 Rob Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:59:05 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7762 Lightbox is cool! I don't get the point of Thickbox though: you lose your context and still have to pay the price of extra filesize. Plus, naive users might close the window entirely. But on the bright side, discovering the JQuery library was great! Sometimes you <i>want</i> a separate window, e.g. for accessing help on a form field without losing your entered values. Lightbox is cool! I don’t get the point of Thickbox though: you lose your context and still have to pay the price of extra filesize. Plus, naive users might close the window entirely. But on the bright side, discovering the JQuery library was great!

Sometimes you want a separate window, e.g. for accessing help on a form field without losing your entered values.

]]> By: shacker http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7753 shacker Thu, 27 Apr 2006 21:51:43 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7753 Sean, ThickBox looks like the perfect evolution/convergence of the two - and lighter on bandwidth as well. Jim - I'm not sure whether you're saying LightBox is the perfect answer to your dislike of popups, or that you don't like LightBox as an alternative to popups. And I'm also curious about why you would prefer to do a standard link to an image than to do a popup or lightbox display - a standard link breaks context even worse than a popup, right? Sean, ThickBox looks like the perfect evolution/convergence of the two – and lighter on bandwidth as well.

Jim – I’m not sure whether you’re saying LightBox is the perfect answer to your dislike of popups, or that you don’t like LightBox as an alternative to popups. And I’m also curious about why you would prefer to do a standard link to an image than to do a popup or lightbox display – a standard link breaks context even worse than a popup, right?

]]> By: Jim http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7738 Jim Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:29:50 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7738 I have a better solution. Don't use popups. Ever. C'mon, there are tons easier ways that have been around in HTML for a decade, like just linking directly to the image and letting the user hit the back button when they're done. -Jim I have a better solution. Don’t use popups. Ever. C’mon, there are tons easier ways that have been around in HTML for a decade, like just linking directly to the image and letting the user hit the back button when they’re done.

-Jim

]]> By: Sean Graham http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7718 Sean Graham Thu, 27 Apr 2006 15:17:12 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7718 For extra credit: http://shiftingpixel.com/lightbox/ For extra credit:

http://shiftingpixel.com/lightbox/

]]> By: Gilbert Wilson http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7711 Gilbert Wilson Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:37:38 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7711 It's about time I found what the heck that effect was! Yes, I should have looked at website code, but I was too lazy, I was just looking for colophone... Thanks, Scot! Thanks, Sean! I'm back in the cool-kid-loop. It’s about time I found what the heck that effect was!

Yes, I should have looked at website code, but I was too lazy, I was just looking for colophone…

Thanks, Scot! Thanks, Sean!

I’m back in the cool-kid-loop.

]]> By: Sean Graham http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7691 Sean Graham Thu, 27 Apr 2006 10:38:35 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7691 Check out <a href="http://jquery.com/blog/2006/04/24/thickbox/" rel="nofollow">Thickbox</a>. Check out Thickbox.

]]> By: shacker http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7680 shacker Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:51:49 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7680 Hmm... seems to be working fine in Safari 2.0.3 from here! Hmm… seems to be working fine in Safari 2.0.3 from here!

]]> By: Guy D2 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/comment-page-1/#comment-7679 Guy D2 Thu, 27 Apr 2006 07:46:56 +0000 http://birdhouse.org/blog/2006/04/26/lightbox-greybox/#comment-7679 Your demo doesn't seem to work here in Safari, Scot... I've been using the lightbox js for quite a while in my own website (though that needs some Windows-quirks cleanup; can't be bothered now), and it works great. Easy to set up and implement, easy for the visitors too. Miles looks great, btw. :-) Your demo doesn’t seem to work here in Safari, Scot…
I’ve been using the lightbox js for quite a while in my own website (though that needs some Windows-quirks cleanup; can’t be bothered now), and it works great. Easy to set up and implement, easy for the visitors too.

Miles looks great, btw. :-)

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