Designing a web-based application can be a daunting task. Creating a great user interface is even harder. I’m always on the look-out for tools to help me create compelling user interfaces.
A tool I found recently is from Google, it’s called Browser Size. Google has analyzed the browsers of millions of users and has recorded the size of the browser window. Using this data, they have created an overlay that shows the percentage of users that can see each part of the page without scrolling.
Screen shot of the Browser Size overlay
Each colored area shows the percent of users that can see that portion of the page. This is a very useful tool when creating web pages, I use it to make sure the most important part of each page is visible to all visitors.