Re: Any lytebox users? (Part 2)

In article <1n3qmulkzdmie$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jim S <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:12:43 +1000, dorayme wrote:

In article <1puro8n5dxnht$.dlg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jim S <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Mon, 31 Aug 2009 21:44:27 +0100, Jim S wrote:

I have just started using Lytebox v3.2 to resize images.
It is really nice and works a treat BUT if I view in IE8 and the page text
colour is white then the title text is invisible.
Everything works fine in other browsers.
Is there a tweak for IE?

Example page http://www.jimscot.myby.co.uk/Latest/Latest.html
...

There was a time when I would do this relatively simple sort of thing
for people to see enlargements.

<http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/jsPopUpViewer/main.html>

But, though I never received any complaints, I decided against it for
various reasons: they would sometimes cause uncertainties for folks
blocking popups and I would have to take measures for this, sometimes
some browsers would open the enlargement viewer in a tab (and the user
might not notice! It depends on browser config.

I mention this Jim, because you can easily configure the pop window o
look however you want, it is just a matter of HTML and CSS. Also because
it can be moved out of the way of the main article by the user and not
blocking content.

However, I better add, instead, where there was a useful purpose for a
dedicated viewer of enlargements, I rather went a more conventional
route with no js, like with:

<http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/simpleViewer/main.html>

This has the advantage being naturally big enough to include the full
site navigation on the viewer page(s).

Ha - I have moved on to lightview as it gives me an image and a navigation
bar.
Used here http://www.jimscot.myby.co.uk/Latest/Latest.html

Yes, I know. And it is no doubt fine for your context. I was raising a
sort of basic point about what might be ways to go when you want to
provide users with enlargement facilities that give information at a
glance of all that are available. In your case, the enlargements block
out this information (the page behind goes black)

In contexts I am often used to, there might be a lot of material being
looked at on a page. There might be a few thumbnails on that page. The
thumbnails might be of a type of thing that is mentioned in other pages
on the website with other thumbnails added on those pages. Bringing all
the enlargements together in a facility can be useful.

Where there are very few thumbnails, as on your page above, another way
to go would be to shift the thumbnails to the left and leave the area to
the right for the enlargements, the thumbs acting as a local menu - an
adaptation of one click into my second URL above:

<http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/simpleViewer/viewer/blue.html>

but imagine simply putting the thumbs there instead of the text links
that go Aqua, Blue, etc.

In some contexts it is nice to be able to *see* a wider context at all
times. But I agree, not in all. So good luck.

--
dorayme
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