Reader's Comments

Having started off my HTML career with "Killer Web Sites" - I was all for frames, bells, whistles, etc. Although I am now a "content convert" and agree fully with Mr Greenspun's views on intrusive and useless graphics, I find frames extremely useful in setting up an easily navigable website which can be updated by someone with little or no web design experience and yet maintain a corporate masthead and a consistent format.

-- Max Hudson, August 18, 1998

Opera, the alternative browser from Opera Software actually has a nice option to toggle frames on and off. You do this through the:
Preferences > Multimedia > Extensions
and choose whether to enable frames or disable them.

-- DrBug --, January 15, 1999

Take a look at Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox to learn why frames are so bad.

-- Agustin Schapira, March 25, 1999

At one time I felt that frames were the bane of the web - before all of the bars could disapear but now I feel that used correctly they can be a nice way to aid in navigation and yes, contribute to asthetics.

-- Georgia Gibbs, May 7, 1999