Re: [Usability] Discoverable off-screen window dragging

["Matthew Nuzum" <newz bearfruit org>]

On Nov 29, 2007 12:45 AM, Hans Petter Jansson <hpj novell com> wrote:

On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 12:08 +0530, ritz wrote:

>   a possible workaround is to use a large Virtual screen size in
> xorg.conf.

That's painful because it's harder to reach the panel, and there's no
visual indication of where you are in the virtual screen. Plus windows
could get too large anyway.

Maybe a goal for the future would be to make effective use of compiz for this type of stuff. For example:

When I use magnifier I get very frustrated because the usability of the screen overall is poor, though it does make it easier to read text. So a solution is to use a more normal sized font and screen resolution and then use windows key+mouse wheel to zoom in on text or details.

So if a person wanted things to be bigger, they could be given an option instead of font sizes that effectively zooms using compiz. Then, when they needed to see the big picture, they could use the win+mouse wheel to go out.

Yes, I know, its very rough. But it could work. Think of the iphone and the pinch feature.

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