fully agree.  if i could stay in lightroom throughout the whole roundtrip that be fantastic but for a $45 app, it's still alot easier than manyother options.

i do a good amount of configuring outside of what the lightroom plugin is capable because of the way my site is configured. 
so i still need to then edit with juicebox builder pro.  it has become pretty streamlined though since i set my settings as a preset.  so it doesn't take too much longer.

however i don't sharpen the images in lightroom.  If you're exporting at 2000px in lightroom, any downsizing is not going to degrade the image.  but hey, we're talking compressed jpegs here.  in the end i think speed of loading when it comes to online viewing is a #1 priority.  these files

i haven't converted my whole site to the 1.4v yet, but here is a test gallery i'm working on, and it seems pretty sharp to me

http://www.alexandersharkey.photography/?page_id=599

Steven,

What file am i adding this code to?

the "embed file" on my site?
the "full.html" in jbcore
the "index.html" file for the slider?
the xml file?

Pinching would be great.  I've noticed many users thinking they can "zoom" in on a photo.  While obviously the resolution would need to be greater along with the file size, people like to explore the details in photos.