Re:Beautiful Image Hover Effect Using Only Webkit CSS (No JS)
by rev087 on Tuesday May 11, 2010 @09:54AM
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I do agree with the usability concerns. The less animation the better, imho. If you remove the animation component that almost all "lightbox-like" implementations use, it's quite a handy feature tho.
But then again, I guess the point of the article was about showcasing what one could achieve with CSS alone.
That said, the animations are really just sugar, and would be painful in any browser that doesn't handle them very fast (I used to hate lightbox). Since the effect may still be worthwhile without them, and purdy with them, I prefer this to javascript.