Leonard Blaisdell said:
In all humbleness, where are they beneficial on the WWW? I switched my
sites as soon as an alternative was available. I had to unlearn the damned
things.
I have admin pages that use frames
In one, a restaurant ordering system, the owner/franchisee can log in to the
admin section and the page is broken up in to 3 frames (one big one of the
left and two smaller ones on the right, one above the other)
The big frame is the one they work in: setting prices/inventory,
adding/removing/editing announcements and specials, etc.
In the right top frame they see the stats of all their locations, number of
orders, number of items and value of orders... this panel refreshes each
minute
In the right lower frame, they see the order tracking numbers appear when
orders are placed, they can click on the order and its full details will
appear in the big frame... this also refreshes when the frame above it
refreshes
I have the same thing for a courier system... a main panel to work in and
view/print orders... and two frames that refresh regularily so they can
track orders and where the packages/envelopes are at (as the driver updates
during delivery)
In both these cases I needed to use frames because:
- the main window scrolls and the stats and order information doesn't: it is
always there on the screen and visible
- the stats or orders info panels refresh, the main window doesn't.
Important if somebody is working with prices or their menu system... or
viewing/printing a delivery request... if the whole page kept refreshing
then they would lose their data