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#1 2008-03-24 5:06 pm
- jerr3d
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Is using Frames obsolete ?
i personally prefer sites without them, but maybe that's just me...
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#3 2008-03-24 5:45 pm
- dv
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Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Outlook Web Access uses them.
They're here to stay, I guess.
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#5 2008-03-25 12:37 pm
- Booksley
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Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Alien wrote:
Like most things, they have their uses.
Trouble is, they're widely abused, too.
.tsooJ
I'd agree with that. Safest rule is to not use em 
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#6 2008-04-23 10:03 pm
- Chris Thomson
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Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
PHUSMC wrote:
I think you shouldn't have to use them in most cases.
Yeah, I think if you're questioning it, you shouldn't have to use them.
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#7 2008-05-20 1:30 pm
- Pithecanthropus
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Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
With all the wonderful tricks you can do with CSS I don't see any point in them. Of course, I feel the same way about tables-based designs, too.
Grandfatherly advice: You can drink 'em pretty, but you can't drink 'em smart.
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#9 2008-05-26 2:49 am
Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Metacell wrote:
The last I heard, the term used to describe the official status of frames was "deprecated".
You should stop listening to whoever you're listening to.
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#10 2008-05-26 6:49 pm
- Stan
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Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
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#11 2008-05-27 12:39 pm
Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Gipetto wrote:
Metacell wrote:
The last I heard, the term used to describe the official status of frames was "deprecated".
You should stop listening to whoever you're listening to.
It's deprecated in xhtml 1.1, but xhtml 1.1 provides a replacement by way of a module.
Stan wrote:
But, there are few good reasons for using 'em.
I can think of one... and really only one and that's to hide content from search engines. I'm sure others have other uses, but that's the only practical use I can think of off hand.
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#12 2008-05-27 2:15 pm
Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Frames have been removed from the html5 draft spec.
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#13 2008-05-27 8:24 pm
Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Oh, me and my big mouth...
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#14 2008-05-27 8:44 pm
- Stan
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Re: Is using Frames obsolete ?
Gipetto wrote:
Oh, me and my big mouth...
Yeah, ya provided new life to a zombie.
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