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javascript ui plugin
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How HN took it
23 positive, 7 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score +0.49.
Design: 6 for, 1 againstIdea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 againstPricing: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Lightweight and clean design
From 3 comments
Very nice - beautiful, chrome-light and mobile-friendly. Decent API. Good documentation too!
jwarren on HNExcellent work. I love the style and simplicity. It will certainly be used in my future projects.
jaredstenquist on HNThank you for a great plugin. I've used PrettyPhoto before, but yours looks much nicier. Can't wait to try it in new project!
gregdav82 on HN
Good documentation and API
From 1 comment
Very nice - beautiful, chrome-light and mobile-friendly. Decent API. Good documentation too!
jwarren on HN
Fade-slide animation
From 1 comment
Really good work, particularly like the fade-slide animation.
thomseddon on HN
MIT license
From 2 comments
This looks perfect! We have been using some sort of a hackup of a bunch of different ones; thank you for this (& using the MIT license)!
iusable on HNI'm glad its license is MIT ... I've been searching for similar plugin, but never found one with that license!
drinchev on HN
Objections
Demo buried below the docs
From 1 comment
Another UX widget page with its demo buried. I don't care how sweet and lightweight your widget is if it doesn't do what I'm looking for, so put the demo up front!! At least this…
Domenic_S on HN
Gallery mode close bug with jQuery and Bootstrap
From 2 comments
So I'm trying to integrate this with my site, and when I enabled gallery mode, I can no longer click to close, or hit the ESC key. Chrome's console seems to show a Uncaught…
HorizonXP on HNI'm still trying to isolate it, but it seems that in gallery mode, when mfpClose is fired, it gets into a infinite loop, which causes the stack to overflow, and ultimately cause…
HorizonXP on HN
iOS page scrolls behind tall popups
From 1 comment
I've tried the demos on my iPhone: my only gripe is that when a pop-in is taller than the screen and that I scroll down/up, the whole page scrolls down/up. Is there any way to…
jvzr on HN
YouTube video opens in native player on iOS
From 1 comment
This is awesome, but watching the Youtube video is a little problematic on iOS. Users may get lost when you throw them over to the native player. Is there anyway to make it popup…
rs26 on HN
Requests
Touch navigation for galleries
From 1 comment
Very nice. One feature request: add touch navigation (touch and drag like in RoyalSlider) for galleries. Add this and it will probably be my goto lightbox.
nosecreek on HN
Ajax loading with nested links in same popup
From 1 comment
Is there an easy way to load via ajax, and then make it such that additional links in that loaded content will also have their content loaded in that same popup? Sort of a little…
jrochkind1 on HN
Use as a plain modal without image features
From 1 comment
Is it possible to use this as a dialog box/modal without the image features?
tmzt on HN
Questions
Why is it better than other popup plugins
From 1 comment
This looks really great! Nice work! Do you have a breakdown of why this is better than the other million plugins out there? And I don't mean that in a rude way, either. I just…
bluetidepro on HN
Does it work with AngularJS jQuery lite
From 1 comment
great project! Does it work with AngularJS's JQuery lite?
zzenon on HN
Alternatives named
FancyBox
From 1 comment
I like this. I'm using a lot of FancyBox at the moment, but the ability to resize via CSS sounds like a killer feature. And, let's just pretend that the Bootstrap modal doesn't…
purephase on HN
PrettyPhoto
From 1 comment
Thank you for a great plugin. I've used PrettyPhoto before, but yours looks much nicier. Can't wait to try it in new project!
gregdav82 on HN
Bootstrap modal
From 1 comment
I like this. I'm using a lot of FancyBox at the moment, but the ability to resize via CSS sounds like a killer feature. And, let's just pretend that the Bootstrap modal doesn't…
purephase on HN