Cabel from Panic released his slick “javascript photo zoom” which he’s dubbed “Fancy Zoom“. I’ve always liked the effect on panic.com.
I’ve incorporated it into stevey.com, along with a CSS trick to add an icon beside any direct links to JPG’s to test it out. Works well !!
a[href $='.jpg'] {
padding-right: 14px;
background: transparent url('/images/icon_magnify.gif') no-repeat center right;
}
Example; Chris surfing