Anything that takes much longer will likely lose your visitor. If most big Web sites do something in a certain way, then follow along since users will expect things to work the same on your site. Stay away from frames. There are many problems inherent in framed sites, probably the greatest being that framed sites will not promote to the search engines. In addition, users cannot bookmark pages correctly in Netscape and older versions of Internet Explorer.
Correct printing can also be a problem for certain users.
Provide strong navigational support . Start your design with a good understanding of the structure of the information space and communicate this structure explicitly to the user. Provide a site map and let users know where they are and where they can go. Test your web site. Your best model for design success is to test early and often.