Summary

Most of the problems arising from the use of frames have been solved by recent browsers. It is up to the designer to avoid pitfalls:

• Use frames when you want to offer a consistent navigation system for the entire site. With frames, you can create a steady navigation system while changing the contents of the other frames.
  
  
• If possible, hide the frame borders. A browser window is never very big and frame borders reduce the space devoted to the content.
  
  
• You can create interesting effects by combining frames and background patterns. By using absolute dimensions in pixels together with asterisks, you can fix the size of a part of the screen while adapting the other part to the size of the browser window.