Since Lokesh Dhakar’s release of the original Lightbox script in 2006 it has become a widely popular model window application, mainly used for displaying images. It is so popular because of its simple and elegant interface and easy implementation. Despite all its great qualities found in this javascript application, it didn’t really reach its level of popularity amongst web developers until it became the encouragement for similar applications of the same nature.
These newer applications have all the same qualities that make Lightbox so appealing, but they also have newer functions and features that make them better. In this article you will find five of the best Lightbox scripts available. This list is not organized into any specific order because any one of these scripts are great choices, it really depends only on your coding preference.