Comments on: Lightbox fatigue http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/ notes on user experience design for the web Tue, 18 May 2010 13:48:00 -0600 hourly 1 By: Caitlin http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/comment-page-1/#comment-1979 Caitlin Fri, 19 Sep 2008 23:41:06 +0000 http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/#comment-1979 Thanks for your comments! I'm totally contradicting myself with this post, since I completely fell in love with the lightbox last year and used it on several projects. I guess it's like anything in the world of design -- too much of a good thing gets annoying. Maybe the rounded corners thing will meet with the same fate ... ? Or even better, the glassy / reflection thing ... Thanks for your comments!

I’m totally contradicting myself with this post, since I completely fell in love with the lightbox last year and used it on several projects.

I guess it’s like anything in the world of design — too much of a good thing gets annoying.

Maybe the rounded corners thing will meet with the same fate … ?

Or even better, the glassy / reflection thing …

]]> By: Lisa http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/comment-page-1/#comment-1976 Lisa Fri, 19 Sep 2008 18:54:57 +0000 http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/#comment-1976 I just used a lightbox technique (a very nicely coded one from Project Seven) for my portfolio (linked in my name). I think I may already be tiring of it. I'm going to give myself a little time living with it and see how I feel, though. I just used a lightbox technique (a very nicely coded one from Project Seven) for my portfolio (linked in my name).

I think I may already be tiring of it. I’m going to give myself a little time living with it and see how I feel, though.

]]> By: Tzaddi http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/comment-page-1/#comment-1969 Tzaddi Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:20:25 +0000 http://caitlingannon.com/2008/08/13/lightbox-fatigue/#comment-1969 YES. Some of them I like and find quite helpful. But the ones commonly used for showing photos, where it makes a big deal of resizing the box to the shape of the photograph as it loads each one, and does fading, etc. DRIVE ME NUTS. Just takes so long when all I want is to see the darn image. Sigh. That rant felt good. Thanks ;-) YES.

Some of them I like and find quite helpful.

But the ones commonly used for showing photos, where it makes a big deal of resizing the box to the shape of the photograph as it loads each one, and does fading, etc. DRIVE ME NUTS. Just takes so long when all I want is to see the darn image.

Sigh. That rant felt good. Thanks ;-)

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