
Originally Posted by
banswidthjunkie
Yeah, slimbox and lightbox do the same job, and to the end user they look pretty much the same. The only difference is that slimbox is a much smaller download, so the page loads quicker, and you can customise the way it opens.
Another nice thing about slimbox is that you can actually open an iframe in that lightbox window, so for example if you had a privacy notice link in your information sidebox it could open in the lightbox so the user wouldn't move away from the page that they are on.
I can't take any credit for the actual effect though, that is the work of someone else.