Maximum number of frames for browsers

[ksoong]

Hi,

I'm making a website that might need to have 8 frames in order to function properly. But i want this to be compatible with netscape as well as IE.

What's the maximum number of frames that Netscape can handle?

thanks

 

[manarth]

8 FRAMES?!?!

Surely, surely, there has to be a better way...

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[ksoong]

Unfortunately, that's about the only way we can do it. So is there a max number of frames?

 

[jammer1221]

Try it out, and if it doesn't work then it won't work.

 

[wiser3]

I have seen where improperly programmed frames resulted in dozens of frames on screen. It didn't crash the browser or anything like that, but looked horrible and had zero usability.

8 should be possible - BUT there MUST be a better way to do whatever it is your trying to do.

 

[tviman]

Unfortunately, that's about the only way we can do it.

I won't say this isn't a true statement but in 20 years of computer programming and 25 years of structural engineering, I've never come across a situation where there was only one way! (Except for one-way streets!)

Even the folks at IBM knew this when they coined the phrase: give the same problem to 10 different programmers and you'll get 10 different programs that reach the same solution!

There's always a better way. The fun is trying to find it!

 

[ksoong]

thanks for everyone's comments.

But i'm still seeking for my question to be answered:

"What's the maximum number of frames that Netscape can handle?

 

[ChrisHunt]

The answer is "we don't know, but it's more than 8".

jammer1221 has the right idea though, how long would it take you to write a frameset with 8 frames in it and fire up Netscape yourself? Less time than you've been waiting for an answer.

The question you should be asking is "how can I do what I need without using frames?". Like the guys say, no way can 8 frames be the "only" solution.

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[Foamcow]

That's going to be the website from hell!

Great idea there.. test it out!

For informational purposes only I have a distant memory of writing some Javascript that opened an infinite number of nested frames. That definitely crashed browsers. But it was a long time ago, and in this case I don't think the frames are nested are they?

And even one way streets can be gone up the wrong way if you want to take your chances.

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