Patent ID: 7278098

Claim:
A method for preserving a preferred presentation layout of a web page authored on a first computing system and rendered on one or more second computing systems, wherein, said layout is susceptible to influence by browser configuration on said one or more second computing systems, said method, comprising: obtaining a layout of display elements on a web page; determining, using a first computing system, a primary split direction for the web page, preserving a preferred layout of said web page when rendered by one or more second computing systems, wherein said preferred layout is susceptible to influence by browser configuration on said one or more second computing systems; determining splits of the web page, in the primary split direction; generating, after receiving a request from a user, an internal representation of the web page where the layout of the web page is primarily by rows or primarily by columns in accordance with the splits; and enabling the size of selected text of the web page to be locked.