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Update:<\/strong> I am not keeping files for historical purposes, so the Flashbox<\/a> directory will be update. (This means: when you view the progress, explained in this post, there is a possibility that the files are already evolved some… and the description here won’t fit what you see )
\nCheck for more recent post about FlashBox.<\/a><\/div>\n

Introduction to Flash experiment: Flashbox<\/h3>\n

In “Flatpack toys other then ReadyMech<\/a>” I started to experimented with Lightbox JS v2.0<\/a> to show images without using a popup or leave the page. I used wp-lightbox2<\/a>.
\nAnd I was impressed! It uses prototype.js<\/a> which is a JavaScript Framework. Until I saw that wp-lightbox2 plugin (lightbox.js, prototype.js, effects.js, images, css and php file) is a total of 86,6kB…. <\/p>\n

So I looked for a alternative, and found thickbox<\/a> which was smaller (total 31kB) and more versatile (not only images and galleries but also inline content, iframes and AJAX content). Thickbox uses jQuery<\/a> which is a JavaScript Library.
\nI used the wp-thickbox plugin (20,8 kB) and don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t forget wp-jQuery (19.5kB). So to get thickbox working on WordPress it will add up to 40.3kB total (less then half of lightbox).<\/p>\n

And here comes the trouble:
\nA couple of days ago there was an update of WordPress<\/a>: WordPress 2.1 Ella<\/a> and this version of WordPress uses prototype.
\nAnd prototype and jQuery can live together<\/a> but can cause problem.
\nWhich it did in my case: Thickbox didn’t work any more, and a theme I was working on (using jQuery) stop working too.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Not functioning of Thickbox had nothing to do with WordPress 2.1 or with the wp-plugin. I was to hasty with my conclusion. Read the comments<\/a><\/p>\n

So I changed this blog (not update to wp2.1 yet) back to Lightbox again, because of the prototype\/jQuery issues and future updates of my blog.
\n<\/p>\n

And then I started thinking about Flashbox<\/h3>\n

What is Flashbox<\/strong>? Well it’s Lightbox but with Flash.<\/p>\n

Lightbox JS<\/strike>Flashbox is a simple, unobtrusive script used to overlay images on the current page. It’s a snap to setup and works on all modern browsers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There are some things I want to change:
\nLightbox improvement<\/strong><\/p>\n