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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.publish
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Tue, 4 Jan 2000 16:02:09 GMT
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On Sun, 19 Dec 1999 16:50:33 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com>
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> 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.
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, three HTML documents are downloaded
where one would have easily sufficed with the same functionality.
On top of all that, frames are used in such bad ways on the average
that even one or two really good uses of them would still be
overshadowed. Frames must DIE.
Jasper
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 | | Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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| (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.publish)
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