I'm looking to find a galleria replacement, hopefully using jQuery but other javascript frameworks such as prototype or mootools are fine too.
I used galleria a while back, and I need a similar product now. Unfortunately, the devkick.com domain seems to have disappeared in the meantime and I'm wary of using products that aren't actively maintained.
I'm willing to pay up to $50 per site for licensing costs, if the product meets my needs.
I'm specifically looking for a gallery with the following features:
Every image in the gallery preloads asap, not as the user clicks "next"
Minimalist default css to keep my subsequent styling headaches down, preferably a "darkroom" style by default, much as galleria looks
Each element that constructs the image gallery should be simple and logical to reference with CSS
As easy to install as adding a css class to a single unordered list
No dependencies other than the core jQuery/other library, including "easing" and other effects must be optional
Works on browsers back to IE6, Firefox 3, Safari (and iPhone), Chrome, Opera
Has a javascript API that lets me trigger callback functions on common events such as "user clicks next" or "image loads"
degrades gracefully without javascript, either displays images as a list, or just displays the first image in the list
bonus: The gallery can display other content, such as video or external sites, like the modal boxes at shadowbox-js.com
well documented
minimal bandwidth requirement - .js file should be ~10kb minified
bonus: The gallery source is hosted on a reliable CDN like google's
bonus: Thumbnails for images do not appear until the main image has loaded
bonus: includes ability to set parameters with JSON to change common behaviours, such as slide/fade transitions or automatic image switch every X seconds
