best jquery-based lightbox / popup dialogbox ?

Question

Hi all, i'm looking for a jquery-based popup dialog box that we will use for :

1. displaying static content pages (terms of use, etc)
2. the contact us page (already uses the jquery form plugin for ajax submit)
3. displaying full-size for photo thumbnails.

can anybody recommend one that can fulfills all the above and that is rather lightweight and easy to use ?

thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Have you looked at JqueryUI? It's got quite a bit of features and you can customize the library for only the things you need.

Answer 2

I use Fancybox - http://fancybox.net/

Handles pretty much any kind of content, rather easy to use and configure, and should work in most browsers. Needs a little fix for IE8 though I think, but you can find that on the site or google it easy enough.