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Re: web page in frames
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Sat, 11 Sep 1999 18:18:13 GMT
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In lugnet.publish, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve Bliss) writes:
Steve Bliss <blisses@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
Since the subject of frames has come up again, anyone want to make
suggestions for the Elements Image Catalog site?
<http://partsref.home.att.net/>

I think this is a demonstration of a perfectly good use of frames. Can
someone offer a good reason why this site shouldn't use them?

(Because people hate frames)

Hmmm.  I think people hate the misuse of frames more than they frames
per se.  Notwithstanding, of course, frames do have icky issues like
bookmarking and keyboard focus and all that.

But heck, the way you're using frames, it's got a great advantage -- it's a
one-clicker per page, rather than two.  If people want to see one of the
data pages in a full, real window, they can always just right-click (or
equivalent) on the link and select "open in new window" (or equivalent).

Of course, if you could offer both frames and no-frames as Joshua does in
his review archive pages[1], then you could satisfy both camps.  :)

--Todd

[1] http://alumni.cse.ucsc.edu/~dulcaoin/reviews/



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  Re: web page in frames
 
(...) It'd be neat if frames/noframes was an auto-negotiable preference one could set in one's browser, like choice of language for example. Hmmm. Maybe a good suggestion for Mozilla -- I think that could easily be done with the framework of (...) (25 years ago, 11-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)
  Re: web page in frames
 
(...) I should do this anyway, and add the code to handle no-frames browser. Thanks for the reminder. Steve (25 years ago, 13-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)

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(...) (Because people hate frames) (...) Ooo, I hadn't thought of that. I'll have to ponder that idea some more. Steve (25 years ago, 10-Sep-99, to lugnet.publish)

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