Saturday, November 27, 2010

Lightbox-style Popup Windows Useful for Viewing Thumbnail Content

Lightbox style popup windows may be a good solution for displaying large versions of thumbnail images or video.

For example, a small thumbnail image can be enlarged within a lightbox window, allowing content to be viewed at a larger size without having to navigate away from the page.

Small video thumbnails can also be displayed at full-size without making the visitor watch a tiny video, and without requiring them to visit youtube or another page. This could be one way to display videos on a program's web page if there is only room for a thumbnail size.

Examples:
Lightbox2
Fancybox

Multiple lightbox variants exist. Lightbox2 is arguably most versatile, with support for embedded images, slideshows, videos, web pages, iframes, and more—and has full Drupal integration. Another nice variant include Fancybox (apple-style),  
Some live examples and comparisons are: 

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