Flexible jquery based modal box or popup box -ColorBox

I have been using the jquery plugins for long. Many times I do need to implement facebook-like photo viewer in gallery pages. Similarly, mostly in admin pages of my asp.net web applications, I frequently us modal pop-ups for various purposes like ajax loading of content, iframe loading from other internal pages, confirmation and error show ups. Typically I used to go for separate plugins for the purpose. Lately I found the ColorBox plugin that satisfies both the needs. In one sense, this is a framework for me. You can visit  ColorBox and explore it.

Lets look at the features the ColorBox jquery plugin possesses.

• Supports photos, grouping, slideshow, ajax, inline, and iframed content.
• Lightweight: 10KB of JavaScript (less than 5KBs gzipped).
• Appearance is controlled through CSS so it can be restyled.
• Can be extended with callbacks & event-hooks without altering the source files.
• Completely unobtrusive, options are set in the JS and require no changes to existing HTML.
• Preloads upcoming images in a photo group.
• Well vetted. ColorBox is one of the top jQuery plugins.

For jquery 1.3.2+, ColorBox has its older version, whereas for jquery 1.4.3+, ColorBox has its news version.
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