using frames

[Earl Young]

     The easy way around that problem is to push the frame out of the way.  
     Most frames can (written correctly) be pushed to the edge of the 
     screen.  Using the "NO RESIZE" command to mandate a specific frame 
     size is typically not good practice.  There are times when frames get 
     in the way, but times when they are very handy.
     
     Earl Young


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Subject: Re: using frames
Author:  gjenkins at hbs.edu at INTERNET
Date:    1/28/97 12:30 PM


At 07:51 AM 1/28/97 -0800, you wrote:
>Does anyone else hate frames as much as I do? I prefer to navigate from 
>page to page, myself. I hate it when I click on a link to leave the 
>framed page behind--and that #$%^ table of contents is still there. If 
>you use frames for your library page, I hope you will make a non-framed 
>version available. Thanks! --W
>
>Walter Minkel, Youth Librarian
>Gresham Regional Library, 385 NW Miller Ave., Gresham, OR 97030
>Voice (503)248-5164; fax (503)248-5198; walterm at nethost.multnomah.lib.or.us 
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>
     
Walter--
     
I agree with you.  For me, it isn't so much that I dislike frames, but that 
the sites I've visited that have implemented frames, did so when it really 
wasn't necessary.  (The old "technology for technology's sake" trap.)  Plus, 
most users I've talked with dislike frames.  I would never implement frames 
at a web site unless user attitudes changed; or I tested the implementation 
*first* with my target users.
     
However, there seems to be one good application for frames: tutorial type 
sites.  See this site, if you haven't:
     
        http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/
     
It is an excellent tutorial on good web site design, for any web site or web 
page developer.
     
George
     
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