Re: (X)HTML, Javascript and Frames

web.dev wrote:

> [...]
> Frames Con:
>
> 1. Search engines may not be able to properly spider a framed site.
> 2. Bookmarking a page generally don't work. (but there are
> workarounds)
> 3. Not all browsers support frames (not sure how true this is anymore)
> 4. Sometimes, you also need to make a non-framed version, thus raising
> maintenance
>
> Alternative:
>
> 1. You can use <iframe>.

The same cons apply to the `iframe' element, so it is not an alternative.
In fact, there a user agents that support the `frame' element but not the
`iframe' element, so that introduces one more con compared to `frame'.

PointedEars
Received on Tue Feb 7 21:25:30 2006