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Frames were brilliant. It's just they had a few unpleasant side effects, that could have been ironed out given the will. One html menu/navigation as a frame that was editable in one place without resorting to programming languages/constructs for file includes. Piecemeal content aggregation via frames may, just may have been a better approach to web page building.

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I really prefer just keeping a standard heading with an index link in it. Most people open pages in new tabs now anyway so you get the same effect for less.

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At the time most popular web browsers didn't have tabs. If you wanted to have two pages open at once, you had to open them in separate windows.

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Most people open pages in new tabs? Really? I have a family member that still can only cope with one tab.