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RE: W3C XFrames - first public WD published

• To: "'J. David Eisenberg'" <catcode@c...>, xml-dev@l...
• Subject: RE: W3C XFrames - first public WD published
• From: Micah Dubinko <MDubinko@c...>
• Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 12:54:05 -0700

Hmm, interesting observation.

Is there a reason why there must be only a single top-level <row> or
<column>?

I could easily imagine:

<column>
  <frame/>
<colulmn>
<column>
  <frame/>
</column>

This would be both consistent with table notation and more familiar.

.micah


-----Original Message-----
From: J. David Eisenberg [mailto:catcode@c...]
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 6:52 AM
To: xml-dev@l...
Subject: Re:  W3C XFrames - first public WD published


Let me see if I have this correct:

   1.  To place two documents next to each other, you specify

OLD WAY (framesets)			NEW WAY (XFrames)
<frameset cols="50%,*">			<row>
   <frame />				   <frame />
   <frame />				   <frame />
</frameset>				</row>

   2. To put two documents one above the other, you specify

OLD WAY (framesets)			NEW WAY (XFrames)
<frameset rows="50%,*">			<column>
   <frame />				   <frame />
   <frame />				   <frame />
</frameset>				</column>

Out of habit, I have gotten used to seeing two frames next
to each other as two columns; now it is one row with two frames.
I have gotten used to seeing two frames above one another as
two separate rows; now it is a column with two frames in it.

I realize that this now makes things more consistent with table notation,
but you think this will confuse anyone else, or even bother them for more
than a millisecond?

-- 
J. David Eisenberg  http://catcode.com/


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