[Web4lib] Lightbox?

[Norwood, Randy]

Are any libraries using, or planning to use, the "lightbox" technique?
(See links below for more info.)

 

I've run across a few websites that use this effect, most notably
Netflix, which, once you add an item to your queue, creates a layer
above the page with additional suggestions. The underlying page remains,
and is visible through a partially transparent gray background. I've
also seen lightbox used to create easy-to-use photo slideshows (without
Flash). 

 

I'm just wondering whether anyone has found some compellingly useful
applications of this technique.

 

http://www.huddletogether.com/projects/lightbox2/

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightbox_%28JavaScript%29

 

http://www.blinklist.com/tag/lightbox/

 

 

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