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rhet0rica on May 3, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why can't HTML alone do includes?

A frame is a separate rendering context—it's (almost) as heavyweight as a new tab. The author wants to insert content from another file directly into the existing DOM, merging the two documents completely.

mixmastamyk on May 3, 2025 [–]

Negligible twenty years ago. But yes, if there's an improvement it should be merged automatically into the same document.

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