Re: When is it appropriate to use HTML frames?

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From: Pete Hall <pbhall@execpc.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, July 31, 2000 6:55 PM
Subject: Re: When is it appropriate to use HTML frames?


> At 09:22 07/31/2000 , Nathan M. Andelin wrote:
> >On the other hand, MS uses frames in several of their web applications.
> >Frames are part of the HTML spec.  Both IE and Navigator have supported
> >frames for several versions now.  So, why not use frames?
>
> Frames are deprecated in html 4. They're being replaced by <object>, but
> that's not very well supported just yet. They do offer an advantage in
that
> you can store global scripts and variables in the frameset. I have no
> problem with them in moderation, at least for the short term.
> Pete Hall

Pete,

Frames were not part of the HTML 3.2 spec and were only introduced in 4.0,
so how can they have been deprecated in 4.0.  Please point me to part in the
official spec where they are deprecated.

Thanks.


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