Oh boy, this should be a fun thread 8-) Having a rare community of programmers that is complimented with probably equal portions of Mac, Windows and some Linux/Solaris Users - you're going to get about 40 different answers I bet.
------ Well...here goes my 3 cents. ~~ I think the technical reasons for "not" using Frames has long since gone away. Having said that, you need to use them properly. For example, when your site gets crawled by Google (or other lesser search engines) use the META HTML elements, like so: <meta name="Description" content="The description to show in a Google Listing, because frame pages don't have text."> Otherwise, your site will have no text when displayed in a Google listing. Checkout the top 3 sites at http://www.google.com/search?q=Witango - these sites are using frames, but have no "Description" element. Or at least put a meaningful description in <NOFRAMES></NOFRAMES>. There is nothing funnier than seeing a site listed in Google with a description of "Get a better browser bozo!" - I want to do business with that guy!!! Many search engines actually use the META elements, so it's worth some research to boost your ranking (frames or not). >From here, Frames can help with the speed of your site, because not all your content has to be downloaded with every page request. Design wise, your decision can depend on the use of the site if it has a complex menu that is a tricky to reload and reset for users. As far as search ability by Google and others, I found my site to be very well indexed with frames - no complaints by me. But of course I did just recently change over to a non-frame design, just because. Good luck. Cheers..... Scott Cadillac, XML-Extranet - http://xmlx.ca 403-281-6090 - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well-formed Development -- Extranet solutions using C# .NET, Witango, MSIE and XML ________________________________ From: Alan Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Witango-Talk: frames around the net you hear alot of dislike for frames on pages, is it just cause people dislike the style or is there some good technical reasons why frames are not so great? Figured this was a good place to ask, all of us being familiar w/ HTML, but sorry if this is off topic (: ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
