The biggest problem with using frames is concurrency. You can't do more than one thing at a time (unless you have two frames, then it's two things at a time), which can be very troubling. With Flash and JS remoting you can perform multiple concurrent actions, which is very useful. You also get the capability to pass complex data fairly easily, and move a lot of your UI logic to the client-side, which results in a far better user experience.
And don't think you can use inline frames without JS. When the frame loads, you have to parse out the content that you need, and then rebuild the visible document with that new content. cheers, barneyb On 10/27/05, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, all... > > I've been interested in building web applications that don't require > a page refresh for a few years now. First Iooked at Flash...didn't > like it a few versions ago...and still don't. Don't want to work with > the Flash GUI or learn ActionScript. > > Now, along comes AJAX...everyone's excited. But upon further > examination, to use it I've got to learn Javascript and other technologies > about which I know virtually nothing. (And no...I don't have a market > at this time that would justify the effort) > > My question is this...why not just use inline frames (as someone > mentioned recently as their method for building applications) to simulate > "non-page refreshing" apps? > > I've used them a little, but not a lot, so I'd like some feedback on > what the drawbacks are to building apps using inline frames...I can stick > to Cold Fusion and HTML alone...no Javascript, no Actionscript...sounds > good to me. > > Can anyone point me to some online examples of significant inline frames > usage > to build apps? > > What am I missing? > > Thanks for any feedback and guidance... > > Rick > > -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] 360.319.6145 http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:222457 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
