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fancybox vs Cesium: What are the differences?

Developers describe fancybox as "JavaScript lightbox library for presenting various types of media". It is a tool that offers a nice and elegant way to add zooming functionality for images, html content and multi-media on your webpages. It is built on the top of the popular JavaScript framework jQuery and is both easy to implement and a snap to customize. On the other hand, Cesium is detailed as "A javascript library to build 3D globes and 2D maps". it is used to create the leading web-based globe and map for visualizing dynamic data. We strive for the best possible performance, precision, visual quality, ease of use, platform support, and content.

fancybox and Cesium can be categorized as "Javascript Utilities & Libraries" tools.

Some of the features offered by fancybox are:

  • Looks great on every device
  • Swipe to navigate, spread/pinch to zoom in/out supported on touch devices
  • Supports most popular sites as YouTube, Vimeo and Google maps out of the box

On the other hand, Cesium provides the following key features:

  • Open Source
  • 3D Maps
  • 3D models

fancybox is an open source tool with 6.36K GitHub stars and 1.58K GitHub forks. Here's a link to fancybox's open source repository on GitHub.

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    What is Cesium?

    it is used to create the leading web-based globe and map for visualizing dynamic data. We strive for the best possible performance, precision, visual quality, ease of use, platform support, and content.

    What is fancybox?

    It is a tool that offers a nice and elegant way to add zooming functionality for images, html content and multi-media on your webpages. It is built on the top of the popular JavaScript framework jQuery and is both easy to implement and a snap to customize.

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    What are some alternatives to Cesium and fancybox?
    three.js
    It is a cross-browser JavaScript library and Application Programming Interface used to create and display animated 3D computer graphics in a web browser.
    Mapbox
    We make it possible to pin travel spots on Pinterest, find restaurants on Foursquare, and visualize data on GitHub.
    ArcGIS
    It is a geographic information system for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and much more.
    OpenLayers
    An opensource javascript library to load, display and render maps from multiple sources on web pages.
    Modernizr
    It’s a collection of superfast tests or detects as we like to call them which run as your web page loads, then you can use the results to tailor the experience to the user. It tells you what HTML, CSS and JavaScript features the user’s browser has to offer.
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