While developing a recent project at work, I had the need to display a modal dialog. I started using jQuery recently and so I started by looking for a jQuery modal dialog plugin.
I did find a couple of existing ones (jqModal and BlockUI), but neither did exactly what I was looking for. So…I decided to take a crack at writing my first jQuery plugin.
It has been a great learning experience and has caused me to become an even bigger fan of jQuery. I’ve used a few other JavaScript libraries (MooTools, Prototype, etc), but jQuery is something special.
So, if you have a need for a modal dialog…be sure to check out SimpleModal.