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i was just wondering how newgrounds' code is set up and how they get games and movie to pop up on top of all the graphics....

what is this called and where can i find javascript to do this?

i have been searching but i cannot find any info on this subject...

lightbox

At 3/11/09 04:53 AM, yhar wrote: lightbox

Though the one that NGs has is custom built.

At 3/11/09 07:55 AM, Jessii wrote:

At 3/11/09 04:53 AM, yhar wrote: lightbox

Though the one that NGs has is custom built.

Same concept, though.

At 3/11/09 08:10 AM, Wonderful wrote: Same concept, though.

That could piss off a few people. That's like saying they use phpBB...or the same concept anyway.

Can someone explain the attraction of these? I don't understand why you would want to have a new window that is not a new window. This is considering it always seems to be slow/buggy.

At 3/11/09 04:22 PM, glomph wrote: Can someone explain the attraction of these? I don't understand why you would want to have a new window that is not a new window. This is considering it always seems to be slow/buggy.

Javascript pop-ups are blocked; a new window for content is silly, in general the content won't fill the screen leaving massive blank areas. With greybox/lightbox/blackybackypoppywoppyup py you're showing the user the content, without having the entire page 'distracting' but you're also not loading an entire new page, which increase server side bandwidth and client side, also people cannot 'direct link' to the content, therefore avoiding actually finding out what it is and exposure for the site.

Done properly, they're excellent. Newgrounds is a good example, but I've heard they're removing it for a better "Click button, content will load in page" solution.

Wouldn't it be better to just ask permission for JavaScript pop ups then? It seems quite silly to have everyone implementing there own overlay.

Your points make sense though, I think its just that I don't like these newfangled boxes. I guess I should just move with the times.

At 3/11/09 04:37 PM, glomph wrote: Your points make sense though, I think its just that I don't like these newfangled boxes. I guess I should just move with the times.

Good old web based fads ;) Here at Newgrounds I used pop-up, because I like to read the latest reviews etc whilst it loads, because I'm too impatient to look @ nothing for 5 seconds.

lightbox, cool alright.....
yeah i know many people block the new window thing, so that is why i will try and implement it on my site..

thanks a lot for the responses

alright so it looks like i have to use,Lightbox gone wild, for swfs...
i was wondering if anyone has any experiance using lightbox?
i was wanting to use a swf to open a lightbox... so essentially the getURL command would not work... is there a way of using lightbox within a flash document, for example, a flash website?