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huhtenberg
Not sure what "sexier" means exactly, but the design of the LightBox is simpler and therefore it is fit for a wider variety of site designs.
Oompa
And it's more distracting and it feels like it's wasting time with its excessive visual effects.
wmeredith
"but it's more sexier"

English fail. That's where I stopped reading.

I'm in love with the new media revolution, but it's been awful for the grammar Nazi inside me.

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mcantelon
Bad usability as well. Links are indistinguishable from normal text (except for the obnoxious and irrelevant ad links).
mixmax
Well excuse those of us that don't have English as a first language. How good is your Mandarin? Just because somebody doesn't speak your language as well as you do it doesn't mean they don't have something interesting to say.

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mgrouchy
It probably would have been sexier if the images in the article were shown with the sexier lightbox
Sidnicious
That close button cutting into the content isn't going to work in every situation, and it's being used inconsistently (images overlay the close button, everything else is given a margin to make room for it).

Worse, that bounce effect whenever you open a lightbox or scroll? That's just plain annoying.

ryanwaggoner
This feels really spammy for HN...this thing is ugly and really annoying with the over-the-top animation effects. Hardly sexy. With there already being so many clones of Lightbox that do a much better job than this one, I have a hard time believing that so many people here genuinely voted this up.
aw3c2
If you feel like you must create a new "window" then just do create a new normal browser window where everything works as the user knows. Don't think that an animation makes your site better.