November 2000
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
8h 8m
English
Web users for the most part either love frames or they hate them. There's very little middle ground on the subject. Although some people think they've gotten a bit of a bad rap, most of the complaints about frames are firmly grounded in usability issues.
Nearly by definition, frames suffer from a lack of interoperability. Support is limited to the major browsers designed for desktop computer use. Limitations in screen size, processing power, or rendering methods (in the case of screen readers and Braille devices) make much of framed content unreachable by a considerable portion of the Web audience.
Additionally, some authors tend to find it cumbersome to maintain alternative access methods, or find the ...
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