FancyBox – Fancy image zooming tool

There are many Lightbox clones this days. Some are fancier, some are lighter, some use jQuery, some do not. In this wast set of options, I found one I think I will prefer from today: FancyBox – fancy image zooming tool

It is based on jQuery and is a cool alternative to existing solutions. Here are some features:

• Automatically scales large images to fit in window
• Adds a nice drop shadow under the zoomed item
• Groups related items and adds navigation through them (uses preloading)
• Can display images, inline and iframed content
• Customizable through settings and CSS

Other Lightbox alternatives I found are:

• Lightview
• prettyPhoto
• Slimbox
• Highslide
• LightWindow
• Thickbox
• and many more; full comparison can be found at The Lightbox Clones Matrix