how do they do that?

Paperhat wrote:

In defense of the site in question, the site does not fall apart without
Javascript support. Furthermore, the effect I wanted to know more about
may not be available without Javascript support, but basic links to the
photos remain. Thus, I do not see it as a hinderance.

In Netscape 7.x the effect works partially. I can click the thumbnail.
The screen goes dark. A new "window" (actually a div with a white
background) pops up. There is no image in the div.

If I turn JavaScript off, the site degrades gracefully.

So what I am saying is that WITH JavaScript support, there is no
guarantee that the effect will work.

Good Man wrote:

It's frightfully easy to get going, is free (donations accepted) and *
works on all modern browsers *

Netscape 7.2, no.
Netscape 8.0, yes.
FireFox 2.0.0.6, no.
Opera 9.0, yes.
IE 6.0, yes.

Scott Bryce <sbryce (AT) scottbryce (DOT) com> wrote in
news:TJSdnZ26gfbVr27bnZ2dnUVZ_hWdnZ2d (AT) comcast (DOT) com:

Good Man wrote:

It's frightfully easy to get going, is free (donations accepted) and *
works on all modern browsers *

Netscape 7.2, no.
Netscape 8.0, yes.
FireFox 2.0.0.6, no.

I don't know what your settings are, but certainly it has worked flawlessly
for me since Firefox 1.5 ... 2.0.0.6 and 2.0.0.7 included

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 18:32:43 -0700, RobG wrote:

View the page source. It uses a combination of: Prototype.js,
scriptaculous.js and lightbox.js. The effect may look cool the first
couple of times you see it, but it very quickly becomes a boring waste
of time while you wait for the image to display.

Yeah, lightbox javascript is super famous on the Internet. I also prefer
a regular popup window.

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