Frames--What's the big deal?

[weibel at oclc.org]

re Frames:

While its true that frames can be used for advertising and such (I'm
in favor of this... I want other people to pay for my Web access!)

Think of a Web browser as a remotely programmable user interface.  Frames
is a mechanism that allows separation of the data and the user interface
controls.  Much cleaner, much more stable for data (providers don't have to
keep updating their data files as the user interface changes).

We've been lobbying for such capabilities for almost 2 years.  Kudos to
Netscape for providing this capability!

stu

Stuart Weibel
Senior Research Scientist
OCLC Office of Research
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