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.

Top 10 things likely to be overheard if you had a Klingon on your software development team (original attribution lost):

• This code is a piece of crap! You have no honor!
• A TRUE Klingon warrior does not comment his code!
• By filing this bug you have questioned my family honor. Prepare to die!
• You question the worthiness of my Code?! I should kill you where you stand!
• Our competitors are without honor!
• Specs are for the weak and timid!
• This machine is a piece of GAGH! I need dual Pentium processors if I am to do battle with this code!
• Perhaps it IS a good day to die! I say we ship it!
• My program has just dumped Stova Core!
• Behold, the keyboard of Kalis! The greatest Klingon code warrior that ever lived!