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Article #221: Website Useability - What Can The Use of Frames Achieve?

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iFrames could be a powerful website design Using frames which contains third-party
tool is utelized properly. information can raise issues of
The issue of website usability has infringement of copyrights and trademarks.
garnered much attention today. In fact, Bookmarks
there have been laws and legal moves Visitors usually cannot mark the
against website developers who wouldn't particular frame that he wants when using
take into consideration the wide range of framed websites. The basic structure of
people who will be viewing their websites. frames deviates from the normal structure
The issue of usability has been founded on of unification of the website. This can
the context that there are a lot of people cause problems in bookmarking.
who are disabled or impaired in some way. Search engines
In America alone, there are 1 out of 5 Search engines encounter problems when
people who are disabled in one way or indexing framed sites. This is a result of
another. the frames paradox. The spiders of the
The Internet has provided us with ways to search engines are drawn to what
communicate, interact, exchange developers refer to as black hole pages.
information and do business. It is a Over-all usability
pertinent tool in providing much needed Surfers may become confused with the
avenues for accessing these things structuring of a website which uses
especially for people who are disabled. frames. The provision of multiple
This is why usability has been a pressing scrollbars will definitely add to the
issue in terms of website development. problem. If a designer hides the
Frames and website usability scrollbars, the contents of the website
One of the ways which can increase the may become inaccessible.
usability of a website is the proper use Advantages in Using Frames
of frames. Frames basically segment the There are also some key advantages in
browser into different portion and each using frames. Many people are still lured
portion is independent from the others. to use frames in their websites and listed
There are two major schools of thought below are some of the explanations why
when it comes to the use of frames: one they are inclined to do so:
that says frames should not be used and Ease in designing
one that says that there are advantages to One of the key features of the usage of
using frames in website development. frames in websites is that it makes the
This article tries to give guidance on the job easier for the developer. When a
use of frames in website development. The developer employs frames, he is relieved
ultimate aim of website development is to of the task of putting the logos and
make it easier for more people to use the navigation menu on every single page that
website, whether with the use of frames or he will develop. Frames can contain these
without them. information and need not to be copied
Why not use frames? every time a user clicks another page of
There are a lot of negative thoughts when the site.
it comes to the use of frames in websites. Flexibility
Here are some of them: Frames provide a surfer several
Printing mini-browsers which he can view all at the
There have been much complaints about same time. This allows for more
printing web pages that are framed. flexibility in terms of getting more work
Internet browsers seem to select the frame done or getting more information for a
to be sent to the printer randomly. The single viewing of the webpage.
user cannot usually print the frame that Quicker downloads
he wants because the computer selects the With the use of frames, different site
frame which is the focal point of the contents need not be downloaded every time
webpage. a click is made. This makes downloading
Downloading much easier because contents that should
Many newbies in the field of website be re-downloaded need not be downloaded
development employs frames to be able to because they are contained in a different
cut the downloading time of their frame.
websites. This can only be achieved if the These are just some of the features and
right ways of presenting the content are perceived disadvantages of the use of
achieved. Other contents such as style frames. They can be used as long as the
sheets, images and scripts are recommended developer knows how to fully maximize the
to be cached. potential of frames without making them a
Linking problem for the surfers.






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