using frames

[Earl Young]

     Doing both frames and non-frames is not as necessary these days 
     because most people have at least version 2 of Netscape.  
     Frames/no-frames is not as important as high-vs-low bandwidth.  
     Bandwidth doesn't vary by browser type.
     
     There are several tools - Fusion by NetObjects being one of them - 
     that will generate both high and low-bandwidth sites without your 
     having to change your HTML.  The educational discount brings a license 
     of the package to under $400, and if you are doing a site, it's money 
     well spent (assuming you have a budget.)  Fusion is NOT the same as 
     the ColdFusion database product.
     
     How many of your users are still on Lynx?  Does it make sense to spend 
     lots of attention on them if it means you are taking away from work 
     that will be seen by a larger audience.  I do not know the answer - 
     just asking the question.
     
     Earl Young


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Subject: Re: using frames
Author:  bdunn at indiana.edu at INTERNET
Date:    1/28/97 1:31 PM


     
My $.02:
I'd like to suggest that if you're set on using 
frames, you set up your library's home page 
without them and give the option on that page 
of using frames to do the navigation.  In other 
words, set up 2 different versions of the same 
pages.  I advocate this approach also for 
tables, image maps, and anything else that can't 
be viewed in Lynx.  Of course, this can quickly 
use up the amount of space available to you but 
considering the lowest common denominator is 
arguably rather important to the goals of 
librarianship in general.  Just a thought.
     
--Barb Dunn
     
My opinions are my own.  Who else would want them?