Website Layout: What Works Best--Fluid, Centered, or Left-Justified?
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Bailey, Robert
Web Usability
2002

Abstract:

How should you lay out your website? Michael Bernard and Laurie Larsen from Wichita State University published a study where they compared three layouts: Fluid, Centered (fixed-width) and Left-justified (fixed-width).