You might want to check the article: Why frames suck (most of the time) by
Jacob Nielsen. Nielsen is one of the most famous gurus of the Human
Computer Interaction field and wrote for several years a column about
usability problems of the web. The URL for the paper is:
http://www.useit.com/alertb
Robert Dawson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Well, yes, there are; there is no easy way to pass on a reference
: any more. It is aggravating when you want to send somebody the URL for
: one page in a big site and it is a frame on a huge page, so that the
: URL gets you only to the "home frame".
John wrote in reply to my positive note about frames:
>>
>> - Original Message -
>> From: Gary McClelland
>>> there are no longer negatives.
>>
>> Well, yes, there are;
> [i.e. bookmarking]
>
> Frames also complicate keyboard use: too often the wrong frame scrolls.
> Annoying and avo
In article <0f9001bfbf35$e7dbd920$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Gary McClelland
> > there are no longer negatives.
>
> Well, yes, there are;
[i.e. bookmarking]
Frames also complicate keyboard use: too often the wrong frame scrolls.
- Original Message -
From: Gary McClelland > With older browsers, frames were to be avoided
because implementation was
> inconsistent and most importantly the Back button was often broken.
But it
> is difficult to find those older browsers in use any more. The
modern
> browsers Netscape
Dennis asks about using frames for websites:
>
> this has been first of all an attempt on my part to learn a bit about
> frames ... but, perhaps more importantly ... to try to decide which way
> seems to make more sense
>
> any general comments or feedback about this would be helpful to me ..
for a long time, i have had a main web site at:
http://roberts.ed.psu.edu/users/droberts/drober~1.htm
but, in the past week or so, i have 'framed' it at:
http://roberts.edpsu.edu/users/droberts/drframe.htm
this has been first of all an attempt on my part to learn a bit about
frames ... but, p
