Would love to see the ability to show more thumbnails (i.e. like the Simpleviewer galleries where the number could be set and multiple row / columns could be created).  In galleries with a lot of photos, just the 1 row could be somewhat limiting.

Would also like to see ability to add in Facebook and Twitter sharing functionality (at least).

Looks great!

The Juicebox main image does have a drop shadow by default. To modify the drop-shadow CSS, check the themeing section here: http://juicebox.net/support/theming/ The main image drop shadow is defined by the ".jb-dt-main-frame .jb-dt-main-image" entry.

.jb-dt-main-frame .jb-dt-main-image {
    -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, .4);
    border-color: White;
}

You can do this by adding a HTML image tag into the 'backButtonText' option. Check here for instructions: http://juicebox.net/support/faq/#custom-4 Check here for an example: http://juicebox.net/demos/pro/colors/

I'd like to see navigation choices for going to the first and last images. Currently, you can do this via keyboard-control keys Home and End; I like that, but there's no way for the end-user to know about those keys, so I think having them as navigation-bar choices would be beneficial.

Bill

The default drop-shadow will barely be visible (if at all) on a background color of #222222.
Try using a background color of #ffffff (with all other settings default) and the drop-shadow should be visible. (It is quite subtle, even on a white background.)

I'd like an option to leave the Back Button text or image visible and functional when the Back positioning is OVERLAY and the Hide Information nav button is invoked. While the Back Button position can be TOP, using that positioning cuts down on the size of the main image (when the nav buttons are positioned in OVERLAY, anyway), so is not a desirable solution for me. And of course the nav buttons themselves are still visible when hiding information; in OVERLAY, the Back area is at the same height as the nav buttons, and I think typically will be over on the left - just as the nav buttons will be over on the right - and so will not interfere with viewing the main image any more than the nav buttons. That is, I'd like an option such that Hide Information works only on the "lower" info, e.g., the caption.

Cheers,

Bill

@Rainer

Thank you for the suggestions.

Juicebox features many Configuration Options which can be set by the user very easily.
To modify the layout beyond what is capable with the preconfigured options, please see the Juicebox Theming page. This involves modification of the gallery theme's CSS and/or image files.

I think it is unlikely that anyone will write a Juicebox plugin for Lightroom with a user interface which features all possible configuration options.
The user interfaces for most plugins (I'm thinking of AutoViewer, PostcardViewer, SimpleViewer and TiltViewer here) feature only Lite options. In order to incorporate Pro Options in a plugin-generated gallery, the user could either manually edit the gallery's 'config.xml' file or open and edit the gallery in JuiceboxBuilder-Pro (which does have all Pro Options available through its user interface).

JuiceboxBuilder-Pro creates a complete gallery folder. The 'index.html' page within the gallery folder can be used to view the gallery on its own page.
JuiceboxBuilder-Pro also supplies the user with embedding code (on the 'Publish' tab) which can be used to embed the gallery in an existing HTML page alongside other content (following these instructions).

Hello,

Firstly, many thanks for your hard work so far. What attracted me most was the ability to use Juicebox-Pro as a slider, as well as for galleries.

I think I may have been a bit premature in buying Juicebox-Pro, but I guess if it's supported financially then the chances of getting feature requests implemented may be improved. There's a lot to like already, but there's room for improvement.

I've yet to spend much time testing things out (apologies if I've missed things already available), but my initial feature requests are:

1) Agree with requests above: multi row/column thumbs alongside image, use of IPTC data (at least basic Caption, Copyright etc), Lightroom plug-in.

2) Ability to load alternative, smaller, images when someone browses with a small screen - allowing quicker load times on phones, and display a suitably sized watermark.
As a photographer I prefer people to view larger images. As Juicebox already detects screen size in order to display an alternative gallery style, this would be a welcome addition, and avoids phone users downloading 1600px+ images with illegible watermarks (too small).

3) Another, more subtle, slide transition.
When used as a slider I find the current 'slide' or 'fade' transitions too visually jarring. If the images were to fade from one to the other (not via the background colour) that would be excellent, or some other visually smoother transition. Visit my front page for what I currently use.

4) Back button on small screen galleries.

5) Choice of transitions on small screen galleries (for slideshows).

I'm sure there may be more when I actually get into deploying Juicebox.

Thanks again.

Cheers,
Tony

@wspollack

When the user clicks on the 'Open Image in New Window' button, Juicebox will open the corresponding linkURL in the 'config.xml' file. (If the linkURL is empty, Juicebox will simply open the imageURL itself.)
You can, therefore, include a 'Hi-Res' folder of larger-sized images and use the linkURL entries in the 'config.xml' file to point to them. (This would have to be done manually as there is currently no automated way to achieve this.)

Hello JB team,
Thank you for this new non-flash gallery.
Please find my first feature requests:
- Thumb Frame width option
- Button Bar size (heigh option)
- When Caption Position is Overlay, caption width could be adjusted with the main image width (this is done when Caption Position is Bellow_Image)
- Font and Font Size options for caption
Beyond these first requests, my biggest wish would be to have the previous/next images on the left/right sides of the main image (as does Autoviewer).
Thanks again.
Best regards.
bertrand

Another request for IPTC support please.

If only just the caption field.

I know that simpleviewer has never done it in the standalone builder although it can be achieved using Photo Mechanic and Lightroom plugin or a jAlbum skin.

Would be nice to see the JuiceBox builder support IPTC features that a pro would require as a one stop shop  and not just a third party plugin as I think this would really raise the profile of a very promising product....

Thanks.

SJ

Some comments on Juicebox-Pro vs. SimpleViewer-Pro, and some philosophical comments. As other posters have pointed out, this is not meant to denigrate your work; I like JB, and I want to use it.

What I especially like about JB, vs. SV:

- You can set the preload to one image.
- Non-flash - remote device vs. large screen based on browser size.
- You can embed URLs in comments (which Flash doesn't allow).

What I especially like about SV, vs. JB:

- You can put thumbs on the left.
- You can create drop shadows.
- You can link to Hi-Res (i.e., full-size) images, for separate-page viewing.

Now, before you go telling me about playing with CSS files, let me go into my philosophical position. Yes, I've been told about the extended capabilities of messing outside the regular gallery interface. And I appreciate your telling me about these capabilities, as I might actually use that information.

But I don't want to. If I wanted to roll my own, I could just use a text editor, and write all the HTML and CSS I was capable of writing, and dispense with JB, SV, et al., completely. I don't have the time or expertise to do that, at least not in all cases. What I want, OTOH, is a program that does it all, using a nice interface. I don't want to have to go "outside" that interface; I want all of my possible choices and options right there.

So, I hope that this is your ultimate goal, too. While you've told me that such-and-such a capability is possible outside of the gallery-building interface, you haven't said something like, "But in a future release we plan to incorporate such-and-such capability into the standard interface." And I wonder about that. In the meantime, I think my default family-gallery program will continue to be SV, and JB will be my experimental-only program.

Thanks for listening,

Bill

Very well put Bill!

I think that the fundamental features need to be in a  'main' UI. (Not Air..... :))

It's great to have all the possible user CSS tweaks if you want to go there.

But, after editing for 3 hours in Lightroom i want the client gallery creation to be the quick, easy one stop shop final thing that I do.

With all the essential feature right there.

It is a great scaleable product, but not obviously so.