Posted by Joe (GKF) on 01/26/07 22:52

In article <doraymeRidThis-6717D0.08082026012007@news-
vip.optusnet.com.au>, doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au says...
> In article <a2ehr2tssd52kgc83bav2e9o5ls92f5igv@4ax.com>,
> Ed Seedhouse <eseedhouse@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:55:37 +1100, Stubbo_of_Oz
> > <stubbo@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >
> >
> > >I am trying out frames - not very conversant with them yet.
> >
> > Don't bother learning them. They are a 1990's solution that never
> > worked properly and should now be totally avoided;
>
> They worked well when on the site for nearly everyone when the
> site was competently written and managed. There has been no well
> supported replacement for some of their best features and it is
> now 2007.
>
>
The problem with frames is that they break the web.
I can imagine in-house intranet situations where they might be perfect,
but not for the web.
Go to http://graspages.cjb.cc then click on rant then click on frames,
or go http://graspages.cjb.cc/rant/framerant.php

And it's nice that our Prime Minister has endorsed shorter showers and
the purchase of rainwater tanks. Now, if and when he adopts nore of the
other 22 ideas (ad below in my sig), we might start to get somewhere.

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