Yep, I Still Use Frames

March 12, 2001

O.K. I'll admit it. I am a closet frames fan. In the last few years frames have fallen out of favor because of the way search engines spider sites and because so many people did some very bad frame based web sites. There is a time for a straight-lace layout site like this one and there are times where frames allow a web designer the freedom to immerse users in an "experience."

When I caught a lecture from Derek Powazek in early 1996-7 I saw the pure power of what frames could do. Derek's innovative layouts just blew my mind. Nowhere else had I seen anyone successfully align a large image on a page with the center frame for content. When I saw those types of layouts I knew that frames served a purpose and could be built so they don't suck. So, yes I am a closet frames fan, and you should learn to love them too.