Three jQuery modal plugins to repace alert and confirm

alert() and confirm() are two javascript functions that you should not use in your web 2.0 sites . The main problem with these are the way those blocks the user from interacting with browser. They are modal in behaviour, that means the user should take an action before he can do anything with browser. He can’t even switch to another tab. Here, we suggest three jQuery plugins to ditch the notorious alert() function.

They are jQuery Modal Dialog, jqModal, jQuery SimpleModal

jQuery Modal Dialog

Unlike many modal scripts (which are coded to show any type of contents along with modal dialog support), this plugin is just made to show messages to the user and a complete replacement for javascript alert() and confirm.

By default it supports 4 types of messages – error, warning, success and prompt. The styles are highly customizable. One feature I liked in this is the built in support for auto close option. It is a very useful feature. For eg: To show a success message for 5 seconds and close the message automatically.

Advantages

• Highly customizable
• Supports error, warning, success and prompt messages
• Auto Close option

Dependencies	jQuery
Size	6KB
Restrictions	None (Free to use on any site)

For demo and download, please check the links

Open Demo | Open demo in new window | Support page

jqModal

jqModal is a plugin for jQuery to help you display notices, dialogs, and modal windows in a web browser. It is flexible and tiny, akin to a “Swiss Army Knife”, and makes a great base as a general purpose windowing framework.

As the author claims, it is a good script to show messages to the user. It can be used to replace the alert() and confirm() javascript functions.

Advantages

• Highly customizable
• Can show Ajax/Iframe content
• Can replace alert() and confirm()

Dependencies	jQuery
Size	Less than 4KB
Restrictions	None (Free to use on any site)

For demo and download, please check the links

Open Demo | Open demo in new window | Download

SimpleModal

SimpleModal is a lightweight jQuery plugin that provides a simple interface to create a modal dialog.

The goal of SimpleModal is to provide developers with a cross-browser overlay and container that will be populated with data provided.

Dependencies	jQuery
Size	6KB
Restrictions	None (Free to use on any site)

For demo and download, please check the links

Open Demo | Open demo in new window | Info & Download

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