with or without Lightbox?

[narlus]

my portfolio page, with images resized to ~800px on the wide end, was causing havoc w/ smaller resolution monitors (~1024 and under). one way to get around was to look at using the 'lightbox' script, which basically floats the image over the page. i had a friend whip up a quick test page, and i'm curious as to what people think:

original (click on the 'portfolio' button):
http://www.tinnitus-photography.com/index

new (click on the 'portfolio' button):
http://tinnitus-photography.com/index_erci.php


thoughts are welcome!

[aram535]

Original - cleaner, faster

[Tobias N]

I use lightbox in my portfolio, but im thinking on moving to something more clean looking.

[narlus]

what's cleaner than lightbox?

i decided to go w/ LB, btw...since a fair amount of my visitors (30%) are on screens that are 1024 or smaller, my 800px portfolio shots distort and/or hide some of the screen. the floating image display eliminates that, and i didn't want to make my portfolio shots smaller.