[whatwg] framesets

Peter Brawley schrieb:
> Eduard,
> 
>  >Everything that can be achieved with <frameset> can be done through
>  ><table>+<iframe>.
> 
> If that's so, someone ought to be able to point at some examples.
> 
I think that the discussion if or not there may be a use case where 
framesets are "good" is not the point.

> Supposing that someone can produce examples, the argument for removing 
> frames from HTML5 becomes: "frameset has been in HTML till now, /but is 
> being removed because we do not like it/. If you insist on such use 
> cases, re-architect them." That's a misuse of standards.

This is rather the point. There might be a use case where dictatorship 
is good - only a dictator might i.e. make laws to really protect the 
environment, which would not be possible in a democracy. There might 
even be a use case where chemical weapons are good - they might i.e. 
serve to fight a rat plague somewhere in a third-world country. Still we 
(well, I hope most of us) *do not like* dictatorship and chemical 
weapons. This is reason enough to try to contribute to a world where 
they are not wide-spread.

So, if the people who discuss and define the HTML5 standard *do not 
like* framesets, it is IMO reason enough for them to take them out of 
this standard. This will, as stated already by several posters, not 
prevent you from using a frameset to do something "good" with it, and 
you will be as safe as you are now, as UAs will support legacy content 
for the years to come.

Received on Friday, 9 October 2009 14:51:27 UTC