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web design (was Re: Scout secrets revealed)
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Wed, 3 Nov 1999 19:48:17 GMT
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In lugnet.robotics, Eric Brok writes:
> Robert Munafo wrote in message ...
> > [...] the frames just take up too way much space in the window
> > [...] It's a shame to waste so much screen space for information
> > that is only occasionally being read.
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> [...] with or without frames, navigation
> will cost the same (large or small) area. Look at www.lego.com for example.
Not true, Eric. It's too bad so few web designers get confused by this.
The navigation stuff only takes up space if it is currently scrolled into view.
Any long message on LUGNET serves as a good example. Visit:
http://www.lugnet.com/db/inv/?n=164
(which is a set inventory). See the navigation stuff at the top?
Okay, now scroll down. Hey! The navigation stuff is gone! See, it only takes up
space on screen if you're at the top of the message. There is additional
navigation stuff at the bottom, which also only takes up space when you're at
the bottom.
- Robert Munafo
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Message has 2 Replies:
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| (...) up (...) Yes, but that's the difference between doing it with frames and doing it without. Put the navigation stuff in a frame across the top of the browser, and suddenly, when you scroll down the page you're reading, the navigation frame (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: web design (was Re: Scout secrets revealed)
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| (...) Good point. It all depends on how often the nav bar stuff is going to be used. I can imagine some sites/types of content where you're going to want to always have the navigation stuff handy. For others, it's in the way most of the time. One (...) (25 years ago, 4-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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