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All content on the web should have a unique, linkable, URL. Frameset breaks that.
by xnx 1y ago
All content on the web should have a unique, linkable, URL. Frameset breaks that.
- theandrewbailey 1y agoThat doesn't stop today's dynamically updating pages that also break the back button.
- roryirvine 1y agoFrames also broke the back button when they were first introduced! Together with the other early problems - ugly borders, proliferation of scrollbars, and limited browser compatibility - it meant that frames were seen as a usability disaster right from the start. They never managed to fully shake that reputation even as browsers improved in the later 90s.
- ComplexSystems 1y agoThat ship has long since sailed. We live in a world of web apps with dynamically created content, AJAX, and so on. The main entry point for the app has a URL, and then within the app all bets are off. Same with framesets.
- xnx 1y agoSPAs were a low point, but I've found consistent and linkable URLs has gotten better with developers recognizing the importance due to "SEO".
- catlifeonmars 1y agoAlso crawlers can now evaluate SPAs. Googles crawlers will run JavaScript on the page making the SPA SEO issue much less of an issue now. Idk if that counts as a low point or a high point.
- no_wizard 1y agoThere se excretes to this, particularly if you value speedy vs delayed updates to your indexing