Sounds like he wishes to stop the <i>abuse</i> of lightboxes.<p>Lightboxes are great for showing zoomed images or image galleries. They're not welcome for spammy widgets, signup offers or ads. But then, what format do you prefer for spammy widgets or ads? None obviously, so lightboxes are not the problem.
My biggest gripe with web browsers today is <i>middle-click hijack</i>. If I left-click on a link/picture, fine, you can do whatever you want. Fancy javascript, lightboxes, the whole jazz. But if I middle-click that same link, by god it better be opening in a new tab in the background. No exceptions.
Sounds like a petition for the <i>appropriate</i> usage of lightboxes. That's something I definitely agree with.<p>It's similar to the old problems with modal dialogs in desktop applications. Basically: don't use a modal dialog unless your situation absolutely requires it.
here's a link:<p><a href="http://viewtext.org/article?url=http://rohanprabhu.com/?p=161" rel="nofollow">http://viewtext.org/article?url=http://rohanprabhu.com/?p=16...</a><p>...looks like the site is struggling to serve requests right now
A big offender on this is actually Reddit. The lightbox that pops up prompting you to log in when you try to vote is broken for smaller screen sizes. Though personally I keep Reddit zoomed significantly, and that makes it even more broken.