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Subject: 
Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.publish
Date: 
Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:50:33 GMT
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In lugnet.dear-lego, Larry Pieniazek writes:
Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote:
Frames are EXTREMELY useful....when done RIGHT.

No, they are not. One cannot give a URL to take a person directly, one
has to quote navigation path. That's bogus.

I have to agree wholeheartedly with Tom.  When done right -- and it's rare --
the benefits of frames do outweigh the drawbacks, IMO.

Check out Joshua Delahunty's review archive if you've never seen a site that
does frames right.  Joshua gives the person browsing the opportunity to see
the pages both ways -- framed and unframed.  It's the best of both worlds,
with no negatives that I can see.

--Todd



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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) To tell you the truth, I don't see the value added. Whenever you view a review, the top frame changes to reflect the set. This means there are no problems with URLs pointing to the main page, but it also means that for every review you read, (...) (25 years ago, 4-Jan-00, to lugnet.publish)

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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) No, they are not. One cannot give a URL to take a person directly, one has to quote navigation path. That's bogus. Followups to .publish, this is a pet peeve of mine that I have expounded on there before. (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.dear-lego, lugnet.publish)

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