[thelist] How excusable is the use of frames?

[Peter-Paul Koch]

>>It's just that the "frames are no good" call seems to have become a dogma, 
>>and I don't like dogma's.
>
>Me neither. Other dodgy dogma's:
>
>- popups are bad
>- flash is bad
>- people don't like to scroll
>- long download times are bad
>
>But still, most of the time for many sites the above are good rules of 
>thumb. It's just that it's all more complex than that.

Agree. The only one I comply with is the last one, but I admit I'm 
old-fashioned in that respect (and behind a simple 56K modem at home). But 
if you really, really have a splendid 100K animation that's actually good 
for something, OK, why not put it in your pages?

>Here's one that is always true, as far as I know:
>
>- marketeese is bad

Even there you'll find people who disagree (marketeers, for instance).

Thanks for the support, BTW (and Chris too). I'm more used to getting flames 
than agreement after a statement like that. (But I admit I like making 
statements like that, it forces people to think for themselves).

ppk

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