Curious as to how many #webdev #webdesign #UX folks worked on HTML frame-based (<frameset> makes me giggle now) sites back in the day. Or even now! 🤣 The Web Mistakes Confessional is now open ⏳
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👋 I used frames for the first websites I built, but then quickly moved to tables. That was back in the early 2000s. I’m not ashamed of it because it was what we had back then. And building websites with tables back then is kinda helpful building HTML newsletters now.
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Back in the day ppl didn't use frames as a layout tool but more as a mean to keep nav/header/sidebar static(to only reload the main content while navigating a site) They're also used to avoid duplicating components across pages(i.e header) We had the choice between frames and SSI
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Replying to @7h1322yk0813n72 @ThorstenBeeck
Actually depending upon your server you could do either or both. Not to mention the emergence of restful approaches which was a very interesting date of our history. I'm glad people have had this experience it means others can learn it in order to manage older sites or educate!

Feb 25, 2021 · 12:46 AM UTC
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