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Frames! The article missed them. Oh boy, did I love frames. That, and fixed backgrounds

• flushandforget 10y ago
  Frames were brilliant. It's just they had a few unpleasant side effects, that could have been ironed out given the will. One html menu/navigation as a frame that was editable in one place without resorting to programming languages/constructs for file includes. Piecemeal content aggregation via frames may, just may have been a better approach to web page building.
  • swiley 10y ago
    I really prefer just keeping a standard heading with an index link in it. Most people open pages in new tabs now anyway so you get the same effect for less.
    • flushandforget 10y ago
      Most people open pages in new tabs? Really? I have a family member that still can only cope with one tab.
    • ihuman 10y ago
      At the time most popular web browsers didn't have tabs. If you wanted to have two pages open at once, you had to open them in separate windows.