On Mon, 05 Jul 2004 13:51:28 -0400, David Abrahams wrote > > Are frames allowed in Boost documents? Thoughts? Alternate ideas? > > Sure, frames are allowed, as are CSSes, which are more powerful than > most people know.
We need to be very careful with frames. Used incorrectly they make it very difficult to create a link to a page because the URL of the 'target' page does not appear in the browser bar. This is a serious problem b/c it makes getting the link to respond to a question, etc much harder... > I think you *can* implement a collapsible hierarchy with frames, just > by automatically generating the right index pages. I don't think > it's really helpful to have collapsibility at every level of > hierarchy anyway. Those interfaces where everything collapses tend > to be one of those "script annoyances" I was talking about earlier ;-) I agree -- I'm not fond of the collapsing trees either. Jeff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email sponsored by Black Hat Briefings & Training. Attend Black Hat Briefings & Training, Las Vegas July 24-29 - digital self defense, top technical experts, no vendor pitches, unmatched networking opportunities. Visit www.blackhat.com _______________________________________________ Boost-docs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and other administrative requests: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/boost-docs
