- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charlesn@sunrise.srl.rmit.edu.au>
- Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1998 16:04:21 +1000 (EST)
- To: WAI <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Marju asked if there was a guideline about how to use frames in a way that enabled various points to be bookmarked, and said the current technique was to rebuild the frameset each time, with all links having TARGET="_top" Nir said that the solution was to not use frames, since rebuilding the frameset every time a link was followed was a waste of bandwidth. That is a kind way of viewing it. Rebuilding the frameset each time is like publishing a book in modules, with a binder and complete table of contents available, and then only supplying the modules along with the binder and contents. Non-frames browsers, such as lynx, will be forced back to an intermediate step of establishing the relevant frame for each link followed, which is worse than when frames are correctly coded. Charles McCathieNevile
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