David Dorward said:
See the threads "The actual limitations and uses of html frames" and
"browser & displaying of frames" - both of which cover the why in some
detail and both of which were started in the past two weeks.
See also suitable Google Groups searches on this newsgroup, and general
Google searches.
Please also don't misrepresent the people who frequent this newsgroup with
statements such as the above. While my opinions of frames may have been
made clear in the earlier post - the question posed WAS answered.
First, I am deleting this newsgroup, so don't bother to answer.
In another thread I just posted the same thing - in the space & typing time
you just took to post your "go search for yourself" reply, you could have
explained (one line generalities) to me 4 or 5 things that are so bad about
frames.
I posted two basics I've seen, - (1) a guy coming in from a search engine
could end up in a frame (no problem, an out, a re-launch, in each frame. Or
(2) some browsers (from when - 1995??) cannot use frames, or a non-computer
like a cell phone cannot use them - again no problem. In fact I'd welcome the
"filter" keeping out people doing the I-net with a cell phone. Still I'd
probably have a basic ugly no-frames page for the one in 1000 (how many??)
that can't use frames. Oh yeah - (3), someone wanting to print something
might not get what they thought they chose. There's a way to help that
problem out too... of course these simple things must not be why frames are
so evil. But I'll find out elsewhere.
....D.