Thanks Ron. I appreciate your info. I am working on an investigation to see
if I can reduce the number of frames, 'cause despite of the benefits by
using frames, to many frames could make the page look fractional.
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Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2001 9:57 AM
Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] frame version to frameless
> > Ok, I don't have Ad on. Actually I have imail with an existing template
> > which is frame based. Folders is a frame, message list is a frame,
message
> > preview is a frame. These frames are generated. I cannot simply
> > include them
> > in one page as I can do with static pages. I might have to modify
> > and merge
> > the code from different frames, but what's the best way to do it?
>
> That's a huge job, changing a framed layout to non-framed. Bring lots of
> HTML experience, JavaScript experience, and Time to the table. And
chemical
> stimulants, you'll need those too. :)
>
> The reason framed versions work so well, and have so many visible
features,
> is that not every frame needs to reload on every action. If you've got a
> folder list, a message list, and a message preview, and you're trying to
> reload all those things on every page view in a non-framed layout, the
pipes
> are gonna get clogged, so to speak.
>
> It'd be far easier to start over with a non-framed version of the
templates
> than to retro-mod a framed version.
>
> Ron
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