> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Hucklesby > Sent: Friday, 29 September 2006 2:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [WSG] The usability of a frame-style layout > > On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 09:15:47 +1000, Andreas Boehmer > [Addictive Media] wrote: > > [...] > > However, with css we now have the ability to imitate frames in an > > accessible and search-engine friendly way for browsers that support > > it. So the question comes back to usability (and maybe aesthetics): > > wouldn't it be more user-friendly to always make the primary > > navigation available to users, no matter what part of the page they > > are looking at? > > > Interesting concept Andreas. Your idea has already been realized > to a degree in Opera. > > Opera has a "navigation bar" that users can turn on or off. It sits > across the top of a page, and is populated by LINK elements in the > HEAD section of a document.
Do you happen to know any sites that work with this concept? So any sites that have LINK elements in the HEAD section that would show up in Opera? > You may also be interested in PPK's revamped site. See for example > the "Blogs" page, and activate the "show site navigation" link on > the left. Is this what you had in mind? - Exactly. Well, I think there must be a better way to design it, so it doesn't overlap important content, but in the long run this is what I was thinking about. I guess I shouldn't have titled it "frame-style" - it took people off track with the discussion. But this is exactly the idea - why not provide navigation at all times to the user (in a standards compliant way of course)? ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
