You have seen how easy it is to create frame structures in TYPO3. Avoid the temptation of doing everything that you can. This is particularly true of frames, since they are not without controversy. We will briefly discuss the advantages and disadvantages of frames in this section. This should help you form an idea about this technology and to decide whether you want to use it or not.
With some applications, frames do have their advantages. For example, advertising banners and company logos always stay in view, even when a new sub-page is being loaded. And another benefit of this is that less data needs to be transferred. This advantage is, however, not as significant as it was before flat-rate DSL.
The biggest advantage of frames, however, is the fact that they have been around for so long. Although frames have been controversial since their introduction with Netscape Navigator 2, they are supported by almost every browser. This is in contrast to...