Comments on: Size Does Matter! Google Says Small & Narrow is Best!

By: Bill Platt

Bill Platt — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 21:44:38 +0000

50% can see my whole page… 80% can see most of my copy… 100% can see the call-to-action, because it is on far left…

The tool is not entirely accurate, because my site is formatted on relative rather than fixed width.

By: Adam Thompson

Adam Thompson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:12:15 +0000

Yeh, it’s pretty useless for centered websites (that’s a lot of sites!) unless you manually adjust your browser window width to equal the width of your design.

By: Laurent

Laurent — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:45:57 +0000

As someone else pointed out, it doesn’t work for centered websites…

By: Amit Desai

Amit Desai — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:19:24 +0000

i have got my blog evaluated using Google’s browsing service and it has helped me identify certain critical areas where i can improve my visitor expereince and also help promoter important areas of my blog in much better way. you can see the complete analysis here http://www.gigathoughts.com/technology/google-labs-introduces-browser- size-tool-to-visually-evaluate-your-site-content.html

By: Jaan Kanellis

Jaan Kanellis — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:08:00 +0000

How is this even logical? What about centered websites? .-= Jaan Kanellis´s last blog ..Google Living Stories? =-.

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:36:51 +0000

I find the information about the screen resolutions of your visitors is quiet interesting. Most of the analytic tools have been providing this info for quiet some time, including Google Analytics. I am always amazed to see how many people are still have 800×600 resolution screens…. I wish Google would give away new computers to all those who access Internet with that resolution

However the idea Google will punish me for some my site being too big for a 800×600 screens seems to be over the top. But with Google you never know….
.-= Vlad´s last blog ..Let Dane Morgan Write Your Next Blog Post! =-.

By: Tanner Christensen

Tanner Christensen — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 16:22:34 +0000

Brilliant, and helpful too!

Designers really need to start focusing on fluid designs more and more, especially with the rising popularity of mobile browsers and netbooks.

By: John Santangelo

John Santangelo — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:58:10 +0000

Make sure to disable any anti-framejacking js on your site (if you have any enabled) first or it won’t work.

By: sheppy

sheppy — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:41:34 +0000

Good indication but largely misleading as it it’s a generalisation of your own web users which varies from site to site. I manage sites in 4 different content verticals, and browsers and screen resolutions vary wildly between them.

By: Elmer Boutin

Elmer Boutin — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:29:00 +0000

Andy, thanks for the tipoff on this new tool. I talk about screen resolution and window sizes quite a bit. This is a great visual tool for showing what might be happening at the customer's end. .-= Elmer Boutin´s last blog ..“What Matters Now” – an Ebook by Seth Godin =-.