Frames or non Frames, that is the question... Ok, so you want to know what the difference is between a site with Frames and XML content and a site without it? The first thing to understand is that all browsers do not see the content of a webpage exactly the same. There are two major camps on this issue one being Internet Explorer ( Microsoft ) and Netscape ( now AOL ) each with their own view on how things should be displayed in a web browser and often how the actual HTML / XML is to be written. However I am getting a bit off the issue. A page that users Frames is really more than one page as far as the browser is concerned, but it is packed into one browser screen on your system. For example the page in question on Geocities that uses frames, actually is 4 different HTML pages in one. The page which is shown in the address bar basically controls the lay out of the other pages in question. Again in the case of the page on Geocities, there are two header frames, and one more frame that consists of the largest part of the page. Since both browsers tend to disagree on many issues as far as how they display webpage content, the only ways to make webpages work for both types really is to design the pages only to the level they work with both browsers which tends to be simpler pages. Run a Java script, to direct the moves depending on which browser in use to the pages written for the given browser. Or lastly, allow a manual selection of the pages. Since the process for the last two choices mentioned is basically the same, what you see is the process of working toward that end. At this point the selection is manual but with a script to help someone indentify the type of browser in use. . This is in part because these pages are on free webhosts, with bandwidth ( the amount of data transfered from a given website over a number of days which depends greatly on the amount of traffic and the size and content of the pages viewed or downloaded ) limitations which may make one of the pages unavailable from time to time. By allowing you a choice if it show up as a broken link, you can still view the data by simply using the non recommended page for your browser. The Geocities Page will work with Netscape and the Tripod page will work with Internet Explorer. So if you find one of the pages not loading from this page feel free to use the other link regardless of the browser you are using currently. If you would like additional information pertaining to this matter feel free to use either this Email support form or this Email Link for additional details or answers to any questions about this you may have. - Joanna (aka easy2confuse) PS: If you are wondering which browser I use personally - and I do have several - I use Internet Explorer 6.0 Close This Browser Window 02-07-2002