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Re: ResizeMyBrowser

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Post by verroq » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 2:53 PM UTC

woodall wrote: post #22

Here is the javascriptlet: javascript:window.resizeTo(400,400) I was able to crash FF 3.6.17 with javascript:window.resizeTo(999999999,999999999999). Just something I found interesting.

Very interesting indeed, FF 4.0.1 tried to resize to (0,0), probably because it overflowed.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

#32

Post by sep » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 2:53 PM UTC

pitdesi wrote: post #11

Relevant: http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/ Simple visual tool to show what percentage of web users can see different areas of your website without needing to scroll.

Unfortunately, it's not too useful for websites in right-to-left languages, like Persian, Arabic and Hebrew.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

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Post by woodall » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

verroq wrote: post #31

woodall wrote: post #22

Here is the javascriptlet: javascript:window.resizeTo(400,400) I was able to crash FF 3.6.17 with javascript:window.resizeTo(999999999,999999999999). Just something I found interesting.

Very interesting indeed, FF 4.0.1 tried to resize to (0,0), probably because it overflowed.

I do not have a dbg build on this machine but a stack trace may be in order.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

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Post by sequoia » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

pitdesi wrote: post #11

Relevant: http://browsersize.googlelabs.com/ Simple visual tool to show what percentage of web users can see different areas of your website without needing to scroll.

This tool is misleading. It sizes the site according to your CURRENT browser size then lays the semi-transparent graphic over it. This means that if I have a 900px wide content area centered in the viewport, and my current width browser width is 1400px, it appears that there is 250px of empty background on the left and a 380px wide browser would see almost nothing. That's inaccurate.

tl;dr: take this tool with a grain of salt, resizemybrowser is a much better method.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

#35

Post by drp » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 3:13 PM UTC

http://www.simures.com does a lot of the things being requested -- input boxes for resizing, url passed as part of the url for easy access, doesn't resize your actual browser, etc. http://www.simures.com/800x600/news.ycombinator.com is a good example.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

#36

Post by sad_hacker » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 3:25 PM UTC

cfq wrote: post #15

Much nicer alternative: http://browsersize.com/

+1

If resolution is bigger, makes a new window instead of warning.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

#37

Post by yakto » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 3:45 PM UTC

Nice try, Meizu marketer. :)

On a serious note, my MacBook Air 13 is 1440 x 900 - not 1280 x 800.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

#38

Post by ck2 » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 4:08 PM UTC

On Firefox (and now Chrome apparently) web developer plugin.

http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/

  Tools -> Web Developer -> Resize

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

#39

Post by mgcross » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 4:24 PM UTC

yakto wrote: post #37

Nice try, Meizu marketer. :) On a serious note, my MacBook Air 13 is 1440 x 900 - not 1280 x 800.

I guess that's the '08 MBA? My 11 is 1366 by 768.

Re: ResizeMyBrowser

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Post by mgcross » Tue, Jun 14, 2011, 4:26 PM UTC

ck2 wrote: post #38

On Firefox (and now Chrome apparently) web developer plugin. http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ Tools -> Web Developer -> Resize

The neat thing about using the link is that I can send it to non-techs for previewing websites in different resolutions.