[Javascript] Best Practices, Slightly Off-Topic

[Terry Riegel]

I have a question about some fundamental issues of design. Generally  
I do not like frames, but I have this file manager that uses 4 frames  
to accomplish its work. I am in the process of trimming it down to 3  
frames, but wonder if anyone has suggestions on how they have, or how  
they would create a frameless version of the file manager.

To see a screenshot of my 3 frame version look at...

http://clearimageonline.com/projects/filebrowser/NewFileManager.jpg

It has a header frame and a two panel body frame. The reason I think  
I need the two frame body is because I want to be able to scroll  
through a long list while still keeping the right content static.

Does anyone have an ideas on how I might be able to accomplish this  
type of layout without frames, or should I just stick with frames as  
this is indeed the type of problem they were designed to address?

Any discussion is welcome,


Thanks,

Terry Riegel