I've been pondering this for a while now, and it'd be great for some input...

You see: I HATE FRAMES! They're a you-know-what to code, and I am religious for coding by hand. So what's the thought of using DIV where frames would be the more natural choice? I know you can make DIV scrollable, but can you also make it so links open up in DIV, like frames?

I'm curious and am willing to experiment, but I don't have time at the moment. ;_; Any opinions? Ideas?

no, that is where divs and frames part company. divs can "simulate" an iframe, but changing contents is left to frames and iframes.

*nods* I really need to figure out I-frames... I've got frames down, but they're...well... not fun, requires calculator, and math hurts head. :P

But outside that, what about loading times in comparison? You see, I'm trying to make a site that can run with all browsers, and I KNOW that some lower level browsers will not run frames, but I'm not too sure about the OVERFLOW on DIV layers...
It's a school site, what can I say? They're picky... no PHP, no frames, tables and DIV ok, but not sure what DIV is. (Well, I know what it is, but the school board doesn't :P )

So to get to question #2, how would frame loading to DIV loading times compare if, per se, the background was the same and there's not that much to the site content? For most of the site, people will only look to the homepage, and not much else...