Can Joust be used without Frames?
No. There is a long list of technical reasons why the frameset is needed to make the whole thing work. The frameset is not there because I like frames (although I do think that frames are appropriate for this style of interface). If you, or your users, have an objection to all sites that use frames then you should not be considering Joust as your interface. Having said that, it is possible to use Joust in floating mode only on a non-framed site – with some limitations on the range of browsers it will work with. See the discussion on Floating Mode for more details. There are DHTML-only scripts around now that will display a menu in a non-framed page. If you really need this feature then I suggest you use one of these. I do not plan to add this ability to Joust because I believe that cross-browser compatibility is more important (plus, as Netscape found when they tried it, I do not believe that an outline in a non-framed environment is good user interface design).
