[xwiki-devs] Lightbox Proposal (2)

Hello all, I was assigned with the refactoring of XWiki lightbox ( http://jira.xwiki.org/jira/browse/XWIKI-1689) As I said in a previous post (http://xwiki.markmail.org/search/?q=lightbox#query:lightbox+page:1+mid:gtqk…), there are 2 options: 1. *Clean up the existing code* PROS CONS The current lightbox is already integrated in users & groups management and...it works so far. The code is messy. There is still a lot of js + css +velocity + html in the same place. The css has some weird hacks for ie and mostly don't work as they should. Honestly, I don't see other big PROS here.... Very limited in terms of features. It doesn't support skins (the css only allows different colors or rounded / square corners). And, IMO it looks ugly. It is difficult to use. To use it for users & groups management I had to modify the code and add some hacks I'm not very happy with. It is not at all extensible (or very hard) and this would take a lot of time. So, I think the lightbox was good so far but it's time for something better. This leads me to the second choice. 2. *Integrate an existing lightbox* There are pleny lightboxes out there, but among the ones that are based on prototype (and scriptaculous, for the effects) the best I've seen are: · Prototype Window: http://prototype-window.xilinus.com/index.html · ModalBox: http://www.wildbit.com/labs/modalbox/ · LightWindow: http://www.stickmanlabs.com/lightwindow/#demos *Prototype Window* *ModalBox* *LightWindow* Small (62 k) Very small (22k) Small (63k) Resizable Resizable Resizable Movable Fixed Fixed Fully skinnable (separate images + css) Customizable through css. Not easy to theme. Supports modal windows. Same. Same Supports all visual Effects of Scriptaculous Supports SlideDown and SlideUp transitions. Customizable transition handlers (?). Supports offline + Ajax content. Same. Same. Has pre-build confirm, altert and info dialogs. Doesn't have. Doesn't have. Supports multi-modal windows. Doesn't. Doesn't. Support to save in cookies the windows status (location -- since is movable, open, close, hidden etc.) Doesn't. Doesn't. Has a tooltip add-on. Doesn't. Doesn't. Doesn't have a photo slideshow included. Doesn't have a photo slideshow integrated. Has a photo slideshow integrated. Also supports multi-galleries. Doesn't support media files. ? Supports all known / used media files. Works on Safari, Camino, Firefox and IE6. Works on IE6, IE7, Firefox 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, Safari, Camino, Opera 8 and 9. Works on Windows Firefox/IE6/IE7/Safari3/Opera & Mac Firefox/Safari/Opera/Netscape. Has a svn, a forum to post bugs / requests for features. Releases are often. Is a Google project, with frequent releases and bug tracking. Has a forum (was down when I checked it). MIT licence MIT licence MIT licence. XWiki possible usage of lightbox: - Users & Groups management - Photo gallery - Blog posts - Ajax forms - Embedded media files or swf animations - .... So, based on my brief summary of these 3 lightboxes, I would like to receive ideas, proposals... since is my second post about the subject and I think is a nice feature to have. Thanks, Evelina