What is the Best lightbox to use ?

[touchclothing]

What is the best light box to use for zencart there is 3 of them in the downloads area. I want one that will not conflict with any other image mods I might have or want like I want to use Admin interface for Additional Product Images

[touchclothing]

any ideas?

[schoolboy]

Your choice depends on the effects/enhancements you are trying to achieve.

I favour IH2 because it does a lot more than just enable a "hover/zoom" function. It basically "rewrites" the images, cleaning and optimizing them in the process and creating "cached" copies which result in very fast loading of high-quality pics (the most critical element of any webshop).

Lately I've been looking at magictoolbox.com who've developed a variety of really nifty image tools. (I hope forum mods won't edit out this reference as they are commercial packages!)

I've "overlaid" a couple of their modules on a ZC install that already uses IH2, and I am getting the "best of both". Right now, I am still testing this (combination of magictoolbox and IH2) so I can't be sure if there are conflicts - but their modules are very sophisticated.

PS: I have no commercial interest in magictoolbox.com, nor do I endorse their products. I just find them to be really innovative and that add a new layer of sophistication to a ZC install.

[kiddo]

I'll say IH2 is gread mod (essential almost) but it is not a lightbox. I generally add Fual Slimbox mod for the eye-candy.

[AUTOMOBILIA]

IH2 is brilliant. Nice clear images and the ability to drop watermarks across your larger pictures, put it as one of the must haves for Zen Cart. I just hope some kind soul will adapt it for use in version 2.0 when that is released.

[Crunch]

I thought the next version of Zen Cart would be using Jquery Lightbox? At least that is what the official Jquery support thread says:
http://www.zen-cart.com/forum/showthread.php?t=117656