alt Hacker NewsWith a frameset page:
History doesn't work right
Bookmarks don't work right -- this applies to link sharing and incoming links too
Back button doesn't work right
The concept is good. The implementation is bad.
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alganet • yesterday at 4:16 PM
> History doesn't work right
> Bookmarks don't work right -- this applies to link sharing and incoming links too
> Back button doesn't work right
Statements that apply to many JS webpages too.
pushState/popState came years after frames lost popularity. These issues are not related to their downfall.
Relax, dude. I'm not claiming we should use frames today. I'm saying they were simple good tools for the time.
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Yup, they are not enough for an SPA, not without javascript. And if you have javascript to handle history, URL, bookmarks and all that, you can just use divs without frames.