Comments on: Your lightbox effect still sucks http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Be my guest: After Web 2.0 « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-46593 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 23:45:10 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-46593 [...] with lightbox logins or endless flash-driven utilities are impediments, and those fripperies are just masking the fact [...]

]]> By: No Flash? No problem: TinyOgg.com « Motho ke motho ka botho http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-45489 Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:56:08 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-45489 [...] is an annoyance really. Like the lightbox effect, it too often takes the place of real content and becomes the focus. I think somewhere in a [...]

]]> By: Foz http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44612 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 22:57:09 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44612 Yay. Go Google with your new (*cough*bing*cough*ripoff*cough*) image search with lightbox effects…

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44562 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:28:58 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44562 > What’s this ubuntu crud you’re using? :P Sorry, troubleshooting for a friend. It’s hard to tell what’s happening in a Gnome desktop without a Gnome desktop to prod. :roll:

]]> By: anon http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44561 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:00:13 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44561 Tip: Middle-click an image that would open in a lightbox, and it opens in a new tab instead, sans lightbox. Very handy, but it’s easiest to do on a mouse.

]]> By: quigybo http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44558 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:57:57 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44558 What’s this ubuntu crud you’re using? :P

Slightly more on-topic, yes I loathe those things too, needlessly excessive and a pain to navigate with vimperator. Actually a lot of jQuery just gets in the way.

]]> By: NK http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44557 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:10:53 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44557 I’m glad I’m not the only one who hates these things.

]]> By: koleoptero http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44556 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 11:12:56 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44556 Why, we’re all supposed to have 30” 2560*1920 monitors now, didn’t you know?

]]> By: Steve C http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44552 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:04:07 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44552 If you’re looking for a reliable image upload

http://redial.net/images.php is just a simple html form (select file, press upload).

kicking together a simple perl/ruby/python script to upload any of your files shouldn’t be hard at all.

I havn’t known it go down at all in the 8-9 years I’ve been using it.

]]> By: imgx64 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2010/07/31/your-lightbox-effect-still-sucks/#comment-44551 Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:55:45 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/?p=4764#comment-44551 Even Ubuntu forums uses it for attached images. :x

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