Posted by Rob McAninch on 12/20/05 04:44

Jake>:
> In message <MvCdnbj31q3xsjveRVn-hg@adelphia.com>, Rob McAninch
> <rob_13@excite.com> writes

>> Show me a framed site that has good usability (compared to a site that
>> doesn't use frames but similar amount of information/interaction), I
>> won't ask for "very good".
>>
>>
> Alan Wood's site "Compendium of Pesticide Common Names" has always
> seemed like an excellent example to me:
>
> http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/index_cn_frame.html

I can't bookmark anything, or 'easily' reference a given entry. Two
important and basic usability requirements for any web site;
especially one of a reference style. Of course I can make a direct
link to say:
http://www.hclrss.demon.co.uk/acethion.html
Or I try the 'no frames' link, but as soon as I navigate away I end
up back in the frames.

Consider:
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/A.html

For which there's also a framed version, but I can easily navigate
with either method and choose to forget the framed version exists if
I want, since it has the same inherent usability problems of any
framed site.
http://www.catb.org/~esr/jargon/html/frames.html

I forgot this page earlier in the thread (dolt!):
http://www.html-faq.com/htmlframes/?framesareevil

--
Rob McAninch
http://rock13.com

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