diff --git a/web/index.html b/web/index.html
index cff2bc4d2..873af9f42 100755
--- a/web/index.html
+++ b/web/index.html
@@ -419,6 +419,7 @@
 								<li id="sort_by_name">Name</li>
 								<li id="sort_by_percent_completed">Progress</li>
 								<li id="sort_by_queue_order">Queue Order</li>
+								<li id="sort_by_size">Size</li>
 								<li id="sort_by_state">State</li>
 								<li class="separator"></li>
 								<li id="reverse_sort_order">Reverse Sort Order</li>
diff --git a/web/javascript/common.js b/web/javascript/common.js
index 0f0f88f25..f1c234858 100644
--- a/web/javascript/common.js
+++ b/web/javascript/common.js
@@ -181,7 +181,6 @@ function tellUser( primaryText, secondaryText )
 	$("#dialog_body").html("<p><b>" + primaryText + "</b></p><p>" + secondaryText + "</p>" );
 	$("#dialog" ).dialog( {
 		title: primaryText,
-		show: 'blind',
 		hide: 'blind',
 		buttons: { 'Close': function() { $(this).dialog('close'); } }
 	});
@@ -205,7 +204,6 @@ function askUser(dialog_heading, dialog_message, confirm_button_label,
 	};
 	$("#dialog" ).dialog( {
 		title: dialog_heading,
-		show: 'blind',
 		hide: 'blind',
 		buttons: myButtons
 	});
@@ -242,6 +240,7 @@ Prefs._SortByActivity     = 'activity';
 Prefs._SortByQueue        = 'queue_order';
 Prefs._SortByName         = 'name';
 Prefs._SortByProgress     = 'percent_completed';
+Prefs._SortBySize         = 'size';
 Prefs._SortByState        = 'state';
 Prefs._SortByTracker      = 'tracker';
 
diff --git a/web/javascript/torrent.js b/web/javascript/torrent.js
index 6b56b9308..eec1a90f4 100644
--- a/web/javascript/torrent.js
+++ b/web/javascript/torrent.js
@@ -781,6 +781,11 @@ Torrent.compareByActivity = function( a, b ) {
 	return a.activity() - b.activity();
 };
 
+/** Helper function for sortTorrents(). */
+Torrent.compareBySize = function( a, b ) {
+	return a.size() - b.size();
+}
+
 /** Helper function for sortTorrents(). */
 Torrent.compareByProgress = function( a, b ) {
 	if( a.getPercentDone() !== b.getPercentDone() )
@@ -817,6 +822,9 @@ Torrent.sortTorrents = function( torrents, sortMethod, sortDirection )
 		case Prefs._SortByName:
 			torrents.sort( this.compareByName );
 			break;
+		case Prefs._SortBySize:
+			torrents.sort( this.compareBySize );
+			break;
 		default:
 			console.warn( "unknown sort method: " + sortMethod );
 			break;
diff --git a/web/javascript/transmission.js b/web/javascript/transmission.js
index ac93103a7..8e70fb71f 100644
--- a/web/javascript/transmission.js
+++ b/web/javascript/transmission.js
@@ -909,7 +909,6 @@ Transmission.prototype =
 			resizable: !fullscreen,
 			draggable: !fullscreen,
                         title: 'Preferences',
-                        show: 'blind',
                         hide: 'blind',
                         buttons: { }
 		};
@@ -1069,7 +1068,6 @@ Transmission.prototype =
 		tr.togglePeriodicStatsRefresh(true);
                 $("#stats_dialog" ).dialog( {
                         title: 'Statistics',
-                        show: 'blind',
                         hide: 'blind',
 			width: 200,
                         buttons: {