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Re: Scout secrets revealed
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 Nov 1999 08:05:28 GMT
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Robert Munafo wrote in message ...
> Sorry Eric -- the frames just take up too way much space in the window • (over 50
> percent!). Most of the time when I visit such a heavily framed site, I have • to
> use the "Open frame in New Window" command just to read the content. I • posted
> the URL to help other people who have the same problem.
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> If you want to let people navigate your site you would do much better to • use
> the traditional "pages point to each other with HREFs" method. It's a shame • to
> waste so much screen space for information that is only occasionally being
> read.
I don't want to get into the frames debate here, but I just like to note
that the real-estate issue is different from the frames/no frames debate.
Both deserve attention by its own, but with or without frames, navigation
will cost the same (large or small) area. Look at www.lego.com for example.
(When you are troubled by the real-estate issue, I assume you have a screen
resolution of less than 1024.)
Eric
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| (...) Strictly speaking, not true. A large page with navigation along the top is much better for those with limited screen real estate than a large page in a frame with a navigation frame at the top. Without frames, as soon as the user scrolls down (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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| Sorry Eric -- the frames just take up too way much space in the window (over 50 percent!). Most of the time when I visit such a heavily framed site, I have to use the "Open frame in New Window" command just to read the content. I posted the URL to (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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