Patent ID: 7705861

Claim:
One or more computer storage media encoded with device-executable instructions that, when executed, initiates: activating a zoom display area to display a section of a web page at a greater magnification level than a remainder of the web page; zooming a magnification level of one or more elements displayed in the zoom display area to the greater magnification level which displays the one or more elements in the zoom display area at a different scale than elements displayed on the remainder of the web page; receiving an indication of a first location on the web page selected from within the zoom display area; automatically determining a first point on a first element of the web page that is proximate the first location, the first point being a non-zero distance from the first location; receiving an indication of a second location on the web page selected from within the zoom display area; automatically determining a second point on a second element of the web page that is proximate the second location, the second point being a non-zero distance from the second location; and calculating a distance between the first point and the second point, the distance being displayable on the web page.