Google Dec. 16 moved to attack the increasingly prevalent problem of incomplete Web page viewing by creating a tool that lets Web site operators see how visitors see their sites. Browser Size is a nifty 20% time solution to missed buttons that stems from browser clients rendering Web pages on different monitor sizes, or when browsers are not full screen or have to account for toolbars and the like. Why is this a big deal? Because we miss a lot when we go to Web sites. Google offers the great example of Google Earth, which has a big ole download button, but far fewer people downloading it compared to the visitor rate. Google's Arthur Blume wrote:

The install rate increased by 10% when we moved the "Download" button 100 pixels upward. We can attribute that increase to users who wanted to try out Google Earth, but didn't see the button before.

Those are benefits that any Web site operator can recognize if they apply Browser Size. The tool employs special code to collect data on the height and width of the browser for a sample of users to Google.com. The tool tells what percentage of users can see a Web page at a given point in the Web browser.