User blog comment:Kirkburn/Photo gallery launch/@comment-53344-20100326184549

While I do not object on the implementation of the lightbox, I have to reiterate that there should be a personal option added into preferences to disable it. This feature has hindered my work managing images, and I use galleries to crosslink image pages, where lightboxes are simply unnecessary. I'm sure some editor are unsatisfied with the change for this reason, and the solution offered should be compromising to both editors and readers.

The only workaround to this is to open the pages by right-clicking and opening the page in a new tab.