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When developing an intranet application where the target browser is IE only (IE6 – horrible I know) is there any reason that we shouldn’t use the showModalDialog() feature of IE to display dialog windows?
My colleague prefers using showModalDialog() but I prefer using a jQuery plug-in such as FancyBox, FaceBox or ThickBox instead.
I would avoid showModalDialog just because at some stage in the future IE6 will be depreciated and you will have to go back and fix it all. I know some large organisations are slow, but do you think they will still be using IE6 in 2 or 3 years?
On the other hand, if it is a consulting gig, do it this way and then in 3 years time charge them again to fix it.