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Originally Posted by bj
Frames are still an awful idea, even if Search Engine spiders can index them more effectively than in the past (which I don't think they do, actually) Why are they so bad?
What if I want to print a page and I'm not a computer whiz?
What if I'm handicapped and using assistive technology?
What if I want to use the back button in my browser?
What if I want to bookmark a bit of content?
None of these functionalities work well in frames without having to jump through right click hoops, and not everyone knows to use that trick. And the cardinal rule of web design is DON'T PISS OFF YOUR VISITORS. Frames break that rule over and over again (if your visitors stick around that long.) They're a usability nightmare.
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I have yet to see a framed page that could not be easily & properly printed using the usual procedures.
And, the only times that I've seen
any page, framed or otherwise, for which the "Backspace" key was inoperative was owing to said scancode being deliberately trapped so as to prevent the user from executing that function, typically where such would cause the re-execution of a "Post" with undesirable consequences, such a duplicating a just completed transaction.
As for bookmarking a framed page, I just now tried it on a site using .ASP within frames with success.