> -----Original Message----- > From: listdad@webstandardsgroup.org > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christian Montoya > Sent: Wednesday, 27 September 2006 9:43 AM > To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org > Subject: Re: [WSG] The usability of a frame-style layout > > On 9/26/06, Andreas Boehmer [Addictive Media] > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ... > > However, with css we now have the ability to imitate frames > in an accessible > > and search-engine friendly way for browsers that support > it. So the question > > comes back to usability (and maybe aesthetics): wouldn't it be more > > user-friendly to always make the primary navigation > available to users, no > > matter what part of the page they are looking at? > ... > > I'd be curious to know what people think of that? Did our > passion for Web > > Standards make us overlook the advantages of the > frame-style layout? Or are > > there usability/accessibility issues I am overlooking here? > > The one problem I will mention is that it is important to avoid having > more than one scrollbar on a page at a time. If a site has a fixed > menu down the left that is very long and always has a scrollbar, and > it also has the main body scrollbar for the content that is not fixed, > then it loses the convention that the user can scroll the page with > either the keyboard or the mouse wheel. They usually have to click on > the area of the page they want to scroll first. May not be a big deal, > but I do think that implementations which assume mouse use are not > universal or convenient. >
Very important point. I agree! ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
