<s>
A	O
multiple	B-Application
frames	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
MFI	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
which	O
displays	O
information	O
in	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
frames	O
or	O
panels	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
scrolled	O
vertically	O
on	O
a	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
integrated	O
interface	O
designed	O
to	O
bring	O
together	O
virtually	O
all	O
the	O
services	O
of	O
an	O
internet	O
portal	O
or	O
an	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
onto	O
a	O
single	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Netscape	B-Protocol
2.0	O
introduced	O
the	O
elements	O
used	O
for	O
html	B-Language
frames	O
in	O
the	O
1990s	O
(	O
see	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
proposed	O
frames	O
to	O
the	O
W3C	O
for	O
inclusion	O
in	O
the	O
HTML	B-Language
3.0	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGoogle	B-Application
with	O
its	O
gadgets	B-Application
is	O
an	O
early	O
type	O
of	O
MFI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
January	O
2009	O
,	O
only	O
HTML-based	O
MFIs	O
are	O
functional	O
,	O
and	O
no	O
"	O
desktop	O
"	O
versions	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HTML-based	O
MFI	O
is	O
an	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
web	O
desktop	O
,	O
allowing	O
simultaneous	O
use	O
of	O
multiple	O
rich	B-Application
web	I-Application
applications	I-Application
.	O
</s>
