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Jun 21, 2006 blogging suggest edit

Via a reader, I learned about iBox which is similar to Lightbox JS but with more features. It boasts the following benefits:

Check out the iBox Demo.

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Comments

Jeff Atwood • June 21st, 2006
Congratulations, you've successfully used a Modal Dialog Box on a web page.
Now that, my friends, is PROGRESS.
ps. i hate you all
Haacked • June 21st, 2006
It's not a Modal Dialog Mr. Curmudgeon. The Refresh and Back button still works.
Think of it this way. It's just a fancier way to transition to another page while retaining the context of the old page as a background. For example, that little box could be an advanced search box.
Not sure if this really makes it more or less usable (would need to put it in front of people and observer to determine that).
Jeff Atwood • June 21st, 2006
No, the back button does NOT work. Try the demo you linked yourself.
Saying refresh works is like saying I can ALT+F4 or CTRL+ALT+DEL a modal dialog in Windows...
Haacked • June 21st, 2006
I meant the back button is not disabled, unlike a modal dialog in which nothing works. But yes, it doesn't work as expected (ie it doesn't take the user back one step).
I have seen Ajax implementations that do work with the back button (Magic Ajax comes to mind) so there might be a way to fix it.