Zerobox
Dev tools
javascript ui library
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
3 positive, 1 neutral or asking, 4 mixed, 4 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score -0.07.
Execution: 0 for, 3 againstPerformance: 2 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Small, simple, and works well on mobile
From 2 comments
Looks good! It's small, simple, and does exactly that it should. I was happy to see that the use of jQuery animations worked fine on my iPhone as well (I was expecting it to be…
stevenleeg on HNworked on my android device as well. neat!
brickmort on HN
Objections
Depends on jQuery, which can conflict on older pages
From 2 comments
Pretty cool, but is there any need to use jQuery? You could have achieved the same with vanilla JS and CSS transitions
sksksk on HNWell, I have actually been going through many lightbox clones lately and almost all have a dependency on jQuery. The problem lies in when you are trying to inject a lightbox into…
steven5158 on HN
Demo link does not open on iPad/iPhone
From 3 comments
Using my ipad, nothing happens when i click on "demo".
itry on HNChrome on my iPad, the demo button doesn't do anything. When I long press and 'Open in new Tab' the demo page opens.
adventureloop on HNYour lightbox is fine on my iPhone, but can anyone tell me what's going on with the DEMO link on the Github page? I can't get it to open with a tap from either Safari or Chrome…
stephenhuey on HN
Only works for images
From 1 comment
Looks like it only works for images, is this intended?
smcl on HN
No license was stated initially
From 1 comment
Nice, nice. Simple, light. Just wondering what the license is. As it is (No license), standard copyright applies. I'd rather see something like BSD or GPL.
Timelord on HN
Requests
Support zepto instead of jQuery
From 1 comment
Make it work with zepto instead of jquery, and move most of it into a CSS file, and you'll be golden :)
markdown on HN
Move styling into CSS file
From 1 comment
Make it work with zepto instead of jquery, and move most of it into a CSS file, and you'll be golden :)
markdown on HN
Support iframes and inline HTML
From 1 comment
Well, I have actually been going through many lightbox clones lately and almost all have a dependency on jQuery. The problem lies in when you are trying to inject a lightbox into…
steven5158 on HN
Questions
What is the license?
From 1 comment
Nice, nice. Simple, light. Just wondering what the license is. As it is (No license), standard copyright applies. I'd rather see something like BSD or GPL.
Timelord on HN
Alternatives named
Magnific Popup
From 1 comment
Here's what I started using recently (MIT): http://dimsemenov.com/plugins/magnific-popup/
nyordanov on HN
Bootstrap
From 1 comment
This might make sense to be added to Bootstrap.
hnriot on HN