The Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet has a screen that is easily capable of rendering full size website layouts, but the default view mode is as a mobile device. This means that you are served up the mobile optimised version of a website instead of the regular desktop experience.

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I was working on a project this week and in the final testing phases I noticed that there was some unusual behaviour in Internet explorer.

A div with an overflow of auto had elements within it that had a position: relative class. The problem here was that the elements remained fixed in place, and the scrollbar was no longer scrolling their content.

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Browser standards and cutting edge web design are not great bedfellows. I've heard the arguments from creative designers that you have to write specific browser CSS styles to accommodate the multitude of browsers and their own unique way of rendering CSS.

I disagree. I firmly believe that with a good understanding of the structure of CSS elements and how they interact with each other you can develop a completely cross-browser non JavaScript baseline template. This article explains how I have approached creating a HTML 5 layout file, that works across legacy browsers just as well as the more modern interpreters.

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