Why Facebook photo viewer using Lightbox sucks

 

1. Lightbox doesn’t load on slower machines.
2. I can’t press Page Down to view the comments, need to touch the mouse. Using mouse links to Repetitive Strain Injury.
3. I can’t press End to scroll all the way down to the box where I can add my comment.
4. While Facebook photos are resized to 720×540 standard, many other products which blindly imitate Lightbox implementation may host tall images and such images won’t fit in the screen. Lightbox makes it a lot harder to view the image.

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