Google Browser Size

Google Browser Size is a web tool (still in labs) available at: http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/. It is a visualization of browser window sizes for people who visit Google. For example, the “90%” contour means that 90% of people visiting Google have their browser window open to at least this size or larger.

This is useful for ensuring that important parts of a page’s user interface are visible by a wide audience. On the example page that you see when you first visit this site, there is a “donate now” button which falls within the 80% contour, meaning that 20% of users cannot see this button when they first visit the page. 20% is a significant number; knowing this fact would encourage the designer to move the button much higher in the page so it can be seen without scrolling.

To know how it works, you can it at: http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/static/about-browser-size.html

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