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Re: Scout secrets revealed
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lugnet.robotics
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Wed, 3 Nov 1999 16:22:19 GMT
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Paul Speed <pspeed@augustschell&NoMoreSpam&.com>
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Eric Brok wrote:
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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.
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> 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.
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 a little the
expense is gone.
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> (When you are troubled by the real-estate issue, I assume you have
> a screen resolution of less than 1024.)
Which is probably true. However, many people are in the same
boat and web designers must take their audience into account.
That being said, I personally think you can do whatever with
your site that you want. It's not like we are paying for the
service. How your site is organized really isn't up for debate.
I will say this though, it's difficult to find a popular
professional site that uses frames... even when you could logically
make a good "navigation" argument for it.
Just my $0.02,
-Paul (pspeed@progeeks.com, http://www.progeeks.com/)
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| Points taken. (...) Main reason for that (I think) is the bookmark/url problem, which indeed started this thread. But it is possible to use frames that *are* bookmarkable[1]. I don't use on my site because of some technical issues, but I would (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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| | Re: Scout secrets revealed
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| Robert Munafo wrote in message ... (...) (over 50 (...) to (...) posted (...) use (...) to (...) 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 (...) (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.robotics)
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