Monday, 27 October 2014

Lightbox vs Fancybox

Lightbox vs Fancybox

Lightbox: It is a lightweight jQuery plugin  used for showing images in overlay on the website.

Following are feature of Lightbox plugin.
  1.     Show image in overlay.
  2.     Show the Title of image in Overlay.
  3.     Show image gallery in overlay with "Left", "Right" Button.
  4.     In Image gallery, It support image movement with "Left" & "Right" keys.
  5.     Open Iframe in overlay does not support.
Demo & Download: http://lokeshdhakar.com/projects/lightbox2/ 




Fancybox: It is jQuery plugin used for displaying images, videos (like youtube) on  iframe and map etc in overlay on the website.

Following are feature of  Fancybox plugin.
  1.     Show image in overlay.
  2.     Show the Title of image in Overlay.
  3.     Show image gallery in overlay with "Left", "Right" Button.
  4.     In Image gallery, It support image movement with "Left" & "Right" keys.
  5.     Open Iframe in overlay - You can play youtube video in overlay.
  6.     Support Ajax Processing Data.
  7.     Play SWF Files in overlay.
  8.     Google Map in Iframe.
  9.     Support callback function when open pages in overlay.
  10.     Handling "Not existing URL/Image" by plugin itself.
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