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Topic: NPR's brutally stupid linking policy
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The MonsterPerson was signed in when posted  27
06-19-2002 07:28 PM ET (US)
framing is different from linking: it loads the page into your browser

To clarify, "framing" is a complicated dance.
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  • The browser asks the server for a document.
  • The server may return a document.
  • The document may contain a frameset
  • The browser may request the document(s) referenced by that frameset from their respective server(s)
  • The server(s) may return those documents.
  • The browser may display them.

  • At each step of this process, there are free choices made. Some people use browsers that don't do frames. Some servers won't return a document referred from another server. But the act of constructing a frameset does not load anything into anyone's browser.<p>
    When you decide you want a page on the World Wide Web, you are implicitly agreeing that, in general, linking is a Good Thing. That's what makes it a Web. Exceptions to the rule are the burden of those who wish them. If you don't want to be linked to, then don't be linked to. <p>
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