> Can anyone tell me where the convention of greying the background page > when showing a popup window came from?
It's generally called "lightbox"ing, you might want to search on that term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightbox_(JavaScript) On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 5:18 AM, William Hudson<[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me where the convention of greying the background page > when showing a popup window came from? It seems to have become something > of a de facto standard - is it published as an actual standard or > guideline somewhere? (I could not find out on Google.) > > Regards, > > William Hudson > Syntagm Ltd > Design for Usability > UK 01235-522859 > World +44-1235-522859 > US Toll Free 1-866-SYNTAGM > mailto:william.hudson at syntagm.co.uk > <mailto:william.hudson at syntagm.co.uk> > http://www.syntagm.co.uk <http://www.syntagm.co.uk/> > skype:williamhudsonskype > > Syntagm is a limited company registered in England and Wales (1985). > Registered number: 1895345. Registered office: 10 Oxford Road, Abingdon > OX14 2DS. > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=44487 > > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [email protected] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- _________________________ @jonathanpberger http://www.marketpublique.com http://www.jonathanpberger.com 718.930.2165 This email is: [*] bloggable [ ] ask first [ ] private ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
