WEB DESIGN The Uniqueness of a Web Composition Consider how to modify your composition and layout design in order to better utilize the web's environment. The compositional space of a web page has some unique characteristics. While it's possible to keep the proportion and orientation of your website closely aligned to that of your book design, it may make more sense to go in a different direction. For although your web design will be seen through the fixed aspect ratio of a computer screen, there is actually a lot of flexibility regarding the overall composition's length, proportion, and orientation. Through interaction, the website on this page playfully moves around to various sections. The composition also "stretches" to the size of the browser. Through the use of a simple scrollbar a website can be variably long , extending the composition vertically almost indefinitely. The composition can move and extend horizontally too. Consider the z-axis of the page (depth), incorporating interactivity that moves one forward and backward through space. Simple interactivity can also extend the composition past the confines of the browser, making a canvas that seems to "move" in any direction. The composition can even stretch with the browser's expanding or constricting size, creating a "liquid layout." H T T P : / / W W W . B I O - B A K . N L /, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 154 NO PLASTIC SLEEVES