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Right, pondering the use of iFrames (NOT frames *shudders*) on one page of my website, and wondering if there are any reasons for me not to, they appear to be quite popular on another forum I hang about on, but there are a lot of people on here who really know their stuff, so I thought I'd ask your opinions..

Shut Up Chris.... just answered your own question there, lol.

Would that Code work??? 'Cus it wouldn't execude if they don't have IFRAMES???

Whooo! wrote:
> That's fair enough, cheers, is there any way of putting in alternative
> content for people who can't view them?

Put this in your page to see if they support iFrames:




I'll leave it to you to write the IF statement - this relies on them supporting JavaScript though - so it may not work. If I were you, I would use the JavaScript to write the iFrame script, and then use a

That's fair enough, cheers, is there any way of putting in alternative content for people who can't view them?

OK, iFrames - the main problem is going to be compatibility.

They are NOT supported by:
IE 1 + 2
NS 1.1 - 4.7
Mosaic
AOL 1 - 5
Opera 3.60 + 3.65
Lynx

To check the list, go to: http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/reference/browser_chart/

Right, pondering the use of iFrames (NOT frames *shudders*) on one page of my website, and wondering if there are any reasons for me not to, they appear to be quite popular on another forum I hang about on, but there are a lot of people on here who really know their stuff, so I thought I'd ask your opinions..