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I've been developing a small modal plugin for jQuery. The only problem is that I'm lacking inspiration. If anybody could point me towards some inspiring material or if anybody has some tips, they'd all be greatly appreciated.

The program is called sModal, and your can demo it here: http://juuso.kivinen.org/simplemodal/index.html

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Deus- Can you explain more about what you are trying to do with it? I'm a coder and have worked with jQuery and I still had trouble discerning what Simple Modal is for or what you are trying to accomplish with it. Is it just for in-browser modal dialog messages or something else? – Farray May 11 '11 at 18:47
given the number of jQuery modal plugins already out there, maybe use that as a starting point? – DA01 May 11 '11 at 19:16
sModal is purely a simple modal dialog. I was mainly looking for opinions on maybe the color scheme and the close button placement. I have not yet found a barrier too large for my coding, but graphics seem to be my weak point.. – Deus May 11 '11 at 19:20
You may have better luck asking for color/style opinions for a generic messaging interface instead of constraining it to sModal. You may also want to ask over on UX? – Farray May 11 '11 at 19:49

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Think of sites that you use with modals. What did you like about them? What bugged you? Was the button to hard to find, hit? In interface design, functionality is king. Read up a bit on UI design.

Here are a couple of articles.

And when you've read that, take a look at some examples of modern modals.

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