Inline frame

[Morris]

I've been fooling around with "inline frames" and it's pretty cool. I don't
see it being used. Is there a problem with it? Would I be unwise to use it
on a web site?

 

[JDR]

Morris,

Inline frames can be quite useful and chances are if you search the web often you probably have seen inline frames being used, but didn't relize it.

Browser support is fairly standard right now, but older browsers will not display inline frames properly (I believe 4x and below are the ones that don't support IFrames - but not positive).

I have used them for importing dynamic content from affiliates and also for asp maililing lists.

I don't use them all the time, but I also have no problem inserting an IFrame if I think it's the best solution to what I am trying to achieve.

JDR
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[Jon Spivey]

Hi,

You should run across inline frames quite often on the web. The only
drawback is they'll be ignored by NN4 so you might need to make some
provision for this browser.

I often see inline frames being used when theyre not really needed though -
for example just to display text with scrollbars. That can be accomplished
with a div like this
<div style="width:300px; height:300px;overflow:auto">
....a bunch of text
</div>

In the right place iframes can be useful.

 

[Morris]

Good. I will use them.