Lightbox, Pitching and Coffee

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.

That's what the Lokesh Khadar website say about it. Lokesh Khadar is the author of the project.

You've probably seen the effect: You click on a thumbnail and the window goes black with a little white box in the middle of it. Then the box spreads tall and then wide and...BING...there's the large version of the thumbnail you just clicked on.

Well, it's free, and you can download it at the huddletogether.com site.

I just updated the dogonawall.com website (fine art pet portraits) with it and I think it looks great.

In fact, you don't have to do it to just one image...you can make a slideshow of sorts, you know, the kind you click through. I think it's perfect for portfolios.

It was very easy to set up. The download on the project page includes everything you need as far as explanations and files.

Wordpress.com uses it (or something like it) to preview themes, so do many other sites. In fact, it could become one of those things that gets overused and users get tired of, but in the meantime, I am digging it.

Good job Lokesh Dhakar. Keep it up. Looking forward to your "secret projects" (especially the rediculous ones). Check out his blog to find stuff like Baseball Pitch Diagrams and Coffee Drinks Illustrated.

Hope this helps.

Jorge