If I were to be truly ubiquitous, there'd be a statement here urging, nay, demanding that you download my broswer of choice. Rudeness is no bar to free advertising for the browser barons. Any site that is designed to the specifications of one browser isn't interested in attracting the widest possible audience, and I sometimes don't stay for sites designed for the particular browser I'm operating at that time.

My ambition far exceeds my ability to execute the full mission of ubiquity, for if I were to be truly ubiquitous, I'd have not stopped at one two panes in this framed web page. I wouldn't have cared about readability, or frame real estate; I'd have been able to withstand the pricking of my design conscience and gone a head and stacked 14 small frames up and down the left hand margin where the image of the woman currently resides, and populated each one with it's very own hyperlink.

The hyperlinks in the bottom frame all work. Sometime later this week/ month/lifetime, I'll actually have them break the frames and open as intended - frameless. Unless you *like* frames, I'd recommend dipping back out to the ubiquitous choice and chosing one of the more sensible options.

This is not to say that frames are evil. I use them for my hotlist because it makes maintaining and updating so much easier. Since my hotlist is primarily for my own use, I made the decision that my audience could dang well deal with frames (remembering to bookmark the frame, spawning a new window if necessary, et cetera). I think there are situations where frames can be used for good, but it takes a good designer and site planner to use them to augment and improve the navigation and site usability.