Warning: I thought frames were trash until I found one site in May that actually used them right

Reese Lane · 2026-09-23T04:05:04.489563+00:00

I used to hate frames with a passion. Every site I ever clicked on in the late 90s that used them had a side menu that scrolled weird, a broken back button, and text squished into a skinny column. So when I started building my own little tribute page to old angelfire sites back in May, I flat out refused to even try them. Then I stumbled on this one personal page about a guy's model train layout in Akron, and it loaded instantly on my slow connection because the menu frame never had to reload. That made me stop and think. I went digging into how he did it, and the trick was he kept the menu in its own tiny HTML file and pointed every link at the main frame with a target name. I rebuilt my whole tribute page that way over a weekend, and honestly, the back button problem mostly went away once I added a simple home link in the corner. Now I want to know, did anyone else come around on frames, or is there a better way to get that same fast loading feel without them?

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