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Frames provide a very interesting way to organize and structure the content of HTML documents by enabling you to create compound documents that the user views within the Browser's main window.
Frames were primarily introduced by Netscape Navigator 2.0 but, today, they're supported by all the latest versions of the most popular browsers.
There are several advantages in using frames:
- Each frame can be given a individual URL, enabling it to load information independent from other frames.
- They can be given unique names, allowing to target them in hyper links.
- Possibility to create an individual, possibly static, frame containing the elements that the user should always see, such as title graphics, control bars or tables of contents.
- Easy creation of sophisticated layouts.
Recently, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0, introduced some interesting features, like borderless frames and floating frames. These features, although only supported by IE, offer new possibilities that we'll also analyse in this section.
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