Sound like you've used the basic zoom plugin - which is a bit
rubbish to be blunt...as it only zoom into a specific area of
desktop but doesn't move.
There are two plugins that's to do with magnification:
Advanced Desktop Zoom - like Desktop Zoom, but does move around with
the mouse. However you see a part of the screen and so you'll have
to move the mouse around to see more.
Magnifitor (this seem to be new as I had just upgraded to Ubuntu
Hardy Heron and this shows up as an option now) - what this does is
very similar to what someone mentioned earlier - compared to
Windows' magnifior tool - once enabled, it shows a configuable
window which moves with cursor around the screen. Inside this window
(it have a black border around it) everything is magnified. Hope
this description is clear - it's not like Windows in showing a fixed
window at top of screen etc.
On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 16:21 -0400, Richard Powell wrote:
All,
I essentially have two problems using Compiz-Fusion. First, it
doesn't seem to recognize my keyboard/mouse of choice, i.e. it does
recognize some of my other keyboard/mice. I use a KVM setup so I
use a single keyboard and mouse and have spent a lot of time and
money finding the one that works best for me. I really don't want
to have to change if possible. Second, the "Desktop Zoom" feature
is "static". In other words, it zooms in on a fixed, i.e. static,
area. In trying to read text on a screen I need it to dynamically
move as I scan the text. It's great in what it does but it does
not lend itself to reading.
Richard Powell
JGJones wrote:
> Just wondering...
>
> How is the Compiz's Zoom function for you? - I've mapped it to
use the > <Super> (Win) key and so while I press the Windows key,
and then > scroll the mouse wheel up - it'll zoom into around the
cursor smoothly > as much as you want and the screen moves around
with the cursor.
>
> You can zoom in and out as much as you wish anytime by pressing
the > assigned key and moving mousewheel up and down - this is
actually the > same as to how OSX does their zoom function.
>
> Obviously your suggestion is ideal for someone that can't use
Compiz > for any reason though.
>
> BUT the reason I suggest Compiz was that you could make use of
extra > features to help make things easier to see...for example I
notice > there's a Negative plugin (reverse colours on screen)
which could help > make things clear when it's needed etc and
finally another plugin > called ADD Helper - the purpose of this
tool is to dim all other > windows in the background so that the
active window you are working on > is the only one that's "lit up"
and all others behind is dimmed. > Switch to another window and
that lights up and the previous will dim.
>
> Am aware that Compiz is not Gnome...but a lot of function could
make > use of Compiz if supported no?
>
> Richard Powell wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I've been using GNOME for almost 10 years now. In 2003 I became
>> legally blind (visually impaired). Since that time I have had
to use >> a combination of tricks to allow me to see the screen
well enough to >> use it. These "tricks" have included low
resolution display setting, >> large monitors, extremely large font
sizing and the use of a hand >> held magnifier.
>>
>> I've read through some of the discussions on this mailing list
and it >> looks like the team members have some ambitious goals. I
truly hope >> that these goals can and will be met. However, as a
visually >> impaired GNOME user I know what would make GNOME much
easier to use >> that I don't believe is nearly as ambitious.
Microsoft introduced a >> feature with their mice a few years back
that has solved my problem >> entirely on a Windows machine (which
ironically is not as easy to >> setup for the visually impaired as
GNOME). It's called "Magnify". >> Unlike Logitech's "Zoom"
feature, which is little more than a button >> mapping to the text
sizing function of applications such as Mozilla, >> "Magnify"
actually pops up a magnification window around that mouse >>
cursor. This window can be adjusted for size and magnification
level >> by simple mouse controls. What this does for me and the
other people >> that I have introduced to this, is it allows me to
not have to change >> all my display and font settings and more
importantly I no longer >> have to hold a magnifier in one hand
while trying to use the computer >> with my other hand.
>>
>> I'm not sure what the effort level would be for this kind of
task. I >> do know however that this feature has been the most
useful feature to >> me (as a visually impaired person) since the
introduction of the >> mouse itself. This may be a simpler
solution that would solve the >> same issues that you are currently
wrestling with. It's application >> independent and it's extremely
flexible to the user.
>>
>> Richard Powell
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