The Challenge of Web Design Designing Web sites for all sizes seems like an impossible task. Generally, the thought of accommodating a wide range of viewable browsing areas is frightening. Web page creators continue to insist on absolute positioning of page elements. An alternative to absolute positioning is relative positioning. This allows pages to contract and expand to fit a variety of viewable browsing areas.
Consistency comes from the relationship of page elements to one another.
A navigation bar, for example, can always appear in the upper right corner, regardless of browser size. The user experience might be slightly different from visitor to visitor, but consistent enough to convey the same message. Techniques Many sites have attempted to tackle the problem of variable browsing areas, but there's still room for growth and improvement. Here are some solutions, old and new. Centered content .