Greased Lightbox v0.16 — Shifting Pixel

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Go get Greased Lightbox v0.16.

Make sure to uninstall any old versions.

Change Log

Optimized initialization code using XPath
Fixed centering issues
Optimized many regular expressions
Resolved an incompatibility with the NoScript extension
Added support for FFFOUND!
Added Swedish translation (thanks Magnus!)
Updated Japanese translation (thanks KATO Kazuyoshi!)
Updated Traditional Chinese translation (thanks Arphen Lin!)
Updated MySpace regular expressions (thanks Hamilton Cline!)
Updated search engine regular expression to fix compatibility with Google toolbar (thanks Michael Smith!)
Updated Wikipedia regular expressions (thanks CereS!)

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12 Comments

neau said
February 13th, 2008 at 3:19 pm

I really like this plugin!
Please add support to 4chan in the future versions.
Thanks in advance.

Todd said
February 27th, 2008 at 9:18 am

One problem i’ve run into is with the FancyZoom extension. See here. Basically the same idea as lightbox. Problem is when I go to a site that uses fancyzoom the lightbox will show up instead. For now I’ve just added exceptions in the greasemonkey script but it would be nice if it was automatic. Thanks for the great work.

Josh Mock said
March 7th, 2008 at 6:00 pm

On some pages it shows the top bar and the “loading” graphic all the way at the bottom of the page, even when I haven’t clicked on any image links.

Qwantz.com is a good example.

Josh Mock said
March 7th, 2008 at 6:06 pm

I take that back. It was due to interference with another Greasemonkey plugin that apparently doesn’t work quite right.

(post author) Joe Lencioni said
March 8th, 2008 at 12:59 am

@Josh - I’m glad you got it sorted out. Care to share what the other Greasemonkey script is called?

Josh Mock said
March 8th, 2008 at 1:01 am

Sure thing. It was the NIV Bible Refalizer.

hcabbos said
March 15th, 2008 at 9:41 am

What exactly does this script do?

(post author) Joe Lencioni said
March 15th, 2008 at 9:50 am

@hcabbos - When you click on links that go to images on many sites (like Google Image Search, Flickr, or FFFFOUND!), they will open on top of the current page instead of going to a whole new page. You can then cycle through the images on the page by using your arrow keys or zoom in and out by using the plus and minus keys. For more information, check out the Greased Lightbox project page.

hcabbos said
March 15th, 2008 at 1:33 pm

I’m familiar with lightbox-type scripts but the examples–at least the pics showing under the heading “Images to Test With” on the project page–aren’t opening in a modal type window. They simply open up in the same page but different URL. I’ve tried Safari and Firefox on Mac.

hcabbos said
March 15th, 2008 at 1:35 pm

Never mind. I see the requirements now. I didn’t have the Greasemonkey extension installed.

Michael said
March 20th, 2008 at 4:04 pm

okay, maybe i’m having simply a ‘blank’ day.

i’ve installed the latest greasemonkey. I’ve restarted firefox (v.2.0.0.12)

I’ve even downloaded the script.

but how exactly does this script get put into action?

Artis said
April 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pm

could you please also add support for Blogspot? thanks!