Posted by Blinky the Shark on 07/06/05 03:26

Toby Inkster wrote:
> jake wrote:

>> Frame 1. A through Z
>> Frame 2. A list of all the chemicals starting with A, or B or whatever's
>> set by Frame 1.
>> Frame 3. details about the safety measures for the chemical set by Frame
>> 2.

>> I click on 'I', then click on 'Isobutanol'.

>> How much more simpler could it be? Clearly you see a problem where there
>> is no problem.

> OK. The above chemical reference site belongs to you.

> I, on the other hand, run a completely different website, on the topic
> of painting.

> I want to link to your page on Isobutanol, because that can be used as a
> solvent. So I have a choice:

> * link to your "isobutanol.html" page, in which case none of
> your navigation loads up; or
> * link to your "index.html" page, in which case the visitor
> has to do extra work to find info on isobutanol.

> Obviously I don't want to create extra work for my visitors, so I do the
> former. The visitor never gets to see your navigation, so you miss out on
> potentially valuable hits to other parts of your site.

> Nice choice using frames there Jake.

Especially if you take the third choice, and link to another site that
presents the same information in a more usable manner...

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