CanI stop a frame from flashing on updates?

> FYI: I viewed the page with SeaMonkey 1.1.13 on Linux and saw no flash.

>> FYI: I viewed the page with SeaMonkey 1.1.13 on Linux and saw no flash.
> So is this a browser problem and should I saty with a white background?
> Although the example provided by doryame,
> http://dorayme.netweaver.com.au/frames/frameset.html, has a black
> background
> and no flash for me. So surely there is a way to do something....

<script src="../trash.js" language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

> So here's what I did. I took out the line:
>
>
> Since I haven't plugged in any Javascript yet and the flashing is now
> gone. I would just like to say: Really????? Is this the problem?

>(There are better
> ways to design a site than frames, but that's another topic.)

>> (There are better
>> ways to design a site than frames, but that's another topic.)
> But without using any scripting language, jsut pure HTML, what would
> be a decent substitute for frames?