Patent ID: 6973627

Claim:
A method for configuring the display of a website to emulate the look and feel of an application program, comprising: in response to a navigation command to access and display a content webpage, accessing and displaying a border webpage comprising a table comprising a plurality of border cells surrounding a center cell, the center cell including an inline frame and the border cells each displaying a corresponding border image, the border images combining to form a border around the inline frame; in response to accessing and displaying the border webpage, causing the inline frame to access and display the content webpage in the inline frame, wherein the content webpage is displayed entirely within the inline frame, and wherein the number of said plurality of border cells surrounding said center cell remains fixed, and in response to a second navigation command to access and display a second content webpage, replacing the previously displayed content webpage with the second content webpage in the inline frame and accessing the second content webpage, wherein the border webpage and the content webpage are displayed in a display area of a web browser; and wherein the method further comprises, in response to a resize command for resizing the display area of the web browser, displaying the border webpage and the content webpage, resizing the plurality of border cells, and retiling the repeated images accordingly.