[Zope-CMF] to frame or not to frame

[Carl Rendell]

Alan,

I don't think frames and slots are mutually exclusive. Frames are 
an HTML construct, and slots are used in page templates. You can 
use Frames with either dtml or page templates - look at the zope 
management interface(ZMI) -.

My 2 cents... Frames are evil. No really, frames were originally 
used when typical access speeds were 14 or 24k to save multiple 
loading of navigation and so on. There are some instances where 
frames work really well - ZMI - but generally their more trouble 
than their worth. I think you'll find very few publicly viewable 
and near zero commercial sites that still used frames.

My rule of thumb... Frames are only an option when the page(s) 
being viewed will never have to be printed, and then... only if all 
other options have been exhausted. BTW, the last time I thought 
about using frames, I used Flash instead ;-). Feed via zope with 
XML of course.

~C

On Friday, June 14, 2002, at 09:00  AM, zope-cmf-request@zope.org wrote:

> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2002 18:23:24 -0500
> To: zope-cmf@zope.org
> From: "Alan W. Presley" <awpresley@hbu.edu>
> Subject: [Zope-CMF] to frame or not to frame
>
> hello all,
>
> I was just curious in taking a poll...
>
> What are your thoughts on building sites (with Zope of course) using
> Frames VS Slots?
>
> Some say Frames are evil, some say they hate having to scroll back 
> up to
> the navigation on non-frames pages.
>
> I'd like to know everyone's thoughts of both sides of the issue. 
> You may
> reply privately to me if you would rather do so.  
> Mailto:awpresley@hbu.edu
>
> Thanks,
> Alan

Carl E. Rendell
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