Not wanting to start a frames debate, I should point out, like many things,
it all depends on how they are used. I often use frames to create "static"
header or footer sections for a page that sandwich scrollable data display
areas. For example, the footer may contain the action buttons (who wants to
have to scroll to the bottom of a page to access these all the time?). For
example I'm developing a form that is actually comprised of 6 horizontal
zones, each a frame. This improves the interface in a manner that is
transparent to the user, and allows for me to change the content of each
frame without having to change the whole page, which would be a much more
complex and less elegant approach.
Dan
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> From: Craig R. McClanahan[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Reply To: Craig McClanahan
> Sent: Friday, March 05, 1999 9:31 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: My view on JSP
>
> "Kirkdorffer, Daniel" wrote:
>
> > [snip]
> > 2) Craig's example below begs for a feature that is lacking right now:
> the
> > ability to "re-target" a page. Craig talks about the common need to
> > conditionally display a page. Well I develop pages that use frames, and
> > often find that the target of my next page might need adjusting
> depending on
> > what happens server side. However a page's target is determined at the
> time
> > a server side call is made, and cannot be adjusted after the fact. I've
> > sent SUN a request for the ability to change target at redirect or
> callpage
> > time. I certainly hope it makes it into JSP 1.0. That's assuming it
> can
> > even be done.
>
> I think your last sentence above is the key ... frames and targets are a
> purely
> *client* side phenomenon. There is nothing in an HTTP request that
> indicates
> what the requestor is going to do with the data, and there's nothing the
> server
> can do to "direct" the response to a particular frame.
>
> So, before it becomes possible to accomplish your goal (determine the
> target at
> the server side), some modifications to the HTTP protocol itself would be
> required. As many designers who have used frames can attest, this issue
> affects static HTML pages just as much as it does dynamic ones. It is
> also one
> of the reasons I have tended to stay away from frames in my own apps.
>
> >
> > Dan
> >
>
> Craig McClanahan
>
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