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On Fri, 4 May 2007 15:23:05 +0100 "Ben Goodger" <goodgerster@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 5/4/07, Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Definitely personal. I like frames - navigation is simple effective and > > retains the overall look of the site in a single wrapper. I don't think > > you can say 'Don't do this' as an instruction since it is simply your > > personal preference :) Other people will like it which is what makes > > humans so diverse :) > > > Frames are an accessibility minefield. They break the URL bar, history and > other things, and serve only to irritate (which is why they are absent AFAIK > from XHTML 2.0.) Agreed - the number of situations where a frame was ever useful was always small and it proceeds to get smaller all the time. I would never even consider using frames in any new HTML code and I would not be at all surprised if the <frame> tag does go the way of <font> and disappears for good. BTW, just thought I'd mention: http://www.codehelp.co.uk/ http://www.codehelp.co.uk/query/glossary.shtml Some of that content is getting a tad old now but some of it remains useful. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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