<s>
Lightbox	B-Language
is	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	O
that	O
displays	O
images	O
and	O
videos	O
by	O
filling	O
the	O
screen	O
,	O
and	O
dimming	O
out	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	O
was	O
written	O
by	O
Lokesh	O
Dhakar	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Lightbox	B-Language
may	O
also	O
refer	O
to	O
other	O
similar	O
JavaScript	B-Language
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
Lightbox	B-Language
library	O
used	O
two	O
JavaScript	B-Language
libraries	O
,	O
Prototype	B-Language
Javascript	I-Language
Framework	I-Language
and	O
script.aculo.us,	O
for	O
its	O
animations	O
and	O
positioning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2012	O
,	O
the	O
plugin	O
was	O
rewritten	O
for	O
jQuery	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
open-source	O
nature	O
of	O
Lightbox	B-Language
encouraged	O
developers	O
to	O
modify	O
and	O
fork	O
the	O
code	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
plugins	O
such	O
as	O
Colorbox	O
,	O
Magnific	O
Popup	O
,	O
Slimbox	O
or	O
Thickbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lightbox	B-Language
scripts	O
are	O
dependent	O
upon	O
a	O
browser	O
's	O
JavaScript	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Browsers	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
load	O
the	O
script	O
for	O
whatever	O
reason	O
can	O
instead	O
simply	O
load	O
the	O
image	O
as	O
a	O
separate	O
page	O
load	O
,	O
losing	O
the	O
Lightbox	B-Language
effect	O
but	O
still	O
retaining	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
image	O
.	O
</s>
