Q&A

Q1:What's the difference between the reserved target name _top and the reserved target name _parent?
A1: The _top target name targets the entire window where the _parent target name targets the parent of the frame where the link resides. Sometimes these are the same. If the browser window contains several nested framesets, using the _top target name would load the linked Web page, replacing them all. Using the _parent target name, however, would simply load the linked Web page in the immediately parent frameset of the frame that contains the link.
Q2:Why do my frames look different in Internet Explorer and Netscape 4?
A2: Internet Explorer and Netscape 6 can display frames with sizes defined in either pixel values or percentages. Netscape ...

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