On Mon, 2006-01-09 at 16:35 +0000, Alan Horkan wrote:
> Spoken like a man who has broadband.
I'll forever be baffled what frames have to do with a fat connection.
> Frames have an annoying tendency of breaking the back button and obscuring
> the location bar. We do have server side includes already so there really
> is no need for frames, iframes or div includes.
That they do, I'll give you that. I've always considered that the fault
of browsers and the way they bookmarked framesets.
I'm not sure I grasp how you'd use SSI (which last I knew were pretty
much universally reviled as a potential security issue) for similar
effect.
> I always thought it was risky to use a bug as a mascot for a software
> project but others do seem to love the ant.
Yeah, I know that view. It's silly, but too probably too true risk. :/
> > And what. In over 6 years, Frames still suck.
Poor design is poor design. The fact that 99% of folks use frames badly
doesn't invalidate them as a layout tool. Just like flash.
-- David Bolack <dbolack@electricmulch.com>Received on Mon Jan 9 22:33:44 2006
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