There is nothing really wrong with frames as long as you know you audience will be using web browsers and the requirements around any interaction are straightforward and reasonable. The reason most web developers abhors them in general usage is the difficulty in implementing event-driven interactions across them, not to mention the security liability in a commercial web app. There are difficulties getting popup divs to render correctly across browsers... a lot of nasty implmentation stuff when you have rich interface requirements.
None of this is relevant for focused documentation. I think Javadoc uses a highly useful format within that space and it uses frames at it's core. Go nuts. - michael dykman On Fri, Oct 9, 2009 at 3:51 PM, Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote: > What are the disadvantages of using frames in HTML? > > For a lengthy document (e.g. http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/ratapl.htm), > I would put the table of contents in a left frame > and the main text in a right frame. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- - michael dykman - [email protected] Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If they’re any good, you’ll have to ram them down their throats! Howard Aiken ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
