[thelist] Alternatives to Frames? (was: Jumping In With Both Feet, Part 2

Marc Seyon seyon at delime.com
Thu Dec 13 15:49:00 CST 2001


At 12/13/2001 01:00 PM, you wrote:
>Chad:
>
>I used to use frames extensively. The biggest thing that changed my mind was
>a usability thing - a framed site's title is the title of the frameset
>document, not the piece that changes. So, when I'm looking through my
>history for that certain page, they're all named 'Welcome to Barney's
>Beanery' instead of 'Hot As Hades Chili Recipe' which is what I wanted. So
>now, I have to click back thru eleven pages to figure out which was the one
>I wanted.
>
> > At the risk of opening up a can of worms, I'd be
> > interested to hear opinions on the use of frames in a
> > website,

Relatedly, word of mouth can be one of the most popular promotional tools 
for your site. Without frames it's a lot easier for Person A to come 'Hot 
As Hades Chili Recipe' nested deep in your site and email the URL to 
Persons B, C, D, etc.

Whenever I come across a site using frames, unless the content is REALLY 
important and the person I want to pass it on to is REALLY web-savvy, it 
doesn't get passed on. Cause I'd have to say something like "Go to 
[Barney's Beanery], click Culture, look for recipes, scroll way down till 
you reach the H's..."

Usually easier to go look for something similar or identical on google. 
Then the other frames-less site gets the plug.

regards.
-marc





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