As with all things - it depends on what you want to do. But not many apps or sites use frames now. The only commercial site that ever used it well IMHO was jungle.com, but even they've moved to a more standard approach. One nice example now is the source view on IBuySpy portal. It's pretty simple compared to most web apps, but does display one good use of frames.
I've found that in general frames turn out to be a pain. Annoyances like having to have more complex code (specifying target frames); error displays (one part of the screen displays an error the other is fine); and user understanding of scrolling in framesets (they don't understand where the frames are until they start to experiment) - all means that they are more trouble than they are worth in complex applications. Plus with ASP.Net user controls (and caching) there's little to be gained from frames in terms of application performance, or internal code structure. Well none whatsoever come to think of it. If you're looking at designing a complex application then start at Amazon.com and do it how they do it. Why? - Users understand Amazon pretty well (and therefore can apply the same knowledge/idioms to your site/app) - It is complex enough to have most features that you could want in some form - It has years of experience fed back into its design - Most sites operate in the same or a similar way. It's a good example of the design of the vast majority of sites out there. Of course it's Unix based, but nothing is perfect. :-) Don't try to be original - stick to tried and tested and well-understood idioms. And prototype your layout before you start getting into lots of coding. My personal choice for prototyping is Dreamweaver, which IMO is quickest tool for doing initial layouts. My 2pence, Peter Foreman --- Rob Mc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We are in the early design stages for an ASP.Net application and are trying > to determine whether to use frames or an IBUYSPY type presentation > approach. We would very much appreciate any comments as to the pros and > cons of either. > > You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or > subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
