Forum Moderators: phranque
Alright, here's the deal. I've got enough trouble getting all or most of the stuff I need on my web page to get up there "above the fold" without all of these sites putting my page into a frame. There are lots that do it, but probably the most familiar one (and biggest one) is good ole Jeeves. When someone searches for something and clicks on it, they take up a nice big 100 or so pixels at the top of the screen for their silly ad and a "back to question" link. (There is a "remove frame" link too, but that's more work for the surfer...)
At any rate, Yahoo has had a lot of success in the past enforcing its "no framing of their content" policy over the smaller sites on the web. I suppose most of it is because the behemoth is flexing before the lambs, but is there really some sort of legal issue here?
Sure, I could write to Ask.com and get myself out of their directory, but their traffic, no matter how infrequent for me, is still traffic. It seems to me that I, as a web designer, shouldn't have to take into consideration what another site does to the layout of my page in order for my vistors to see what I want them to see above the fold. It also seems like there's an issue of branding at hand where their brand name is being placed more prominantly on my visitor's screen than my own when they're visiting my web site.
I dunno. The issue has been bugging me on a few levels for a while. I'm wondering if you folks have thoughts on this...
G.
function jumpout() {
if(parent.location && parent.location != window.location) {
top.location = window.location;}}
window.onload = jumpout;
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
if (top.location != location) {top.location.href = window.location.href} // whole window
</script>
Am not sure if it works the same as Birds?
