Re: frames and no frames content

David Woolley wrote:
> I can't, off the top of my head, think of cases where frames are 
> unavoidable, and that seems to be borne out by the fact that most
> major portals ceased using them several years ago.  If this argument
> were acceptable here it could be used to undermine almost every
> accessibility guideline.

I agree.

All situations where I would have used frames in the "bad old days" are 
situations which I would now handle with a single document, CSS and 
possibly the inclusion of a menu template for navigation.

In the somewhat specialised environments (kiosks) where I have had to 
have a "back to original site" navigation item in a frame (where the 
'back' control cannot be used), I will now have the server fetch the 
page in question and insert a div with the return link before passing it 
to the user.

-- 
Matthew Smith
Kadina Business Consultancy
South Australia
http://www.kbc.net.au

Received on Thursday, 19 May 2005 02:40:12 UTC