Re: Another idea for Magnification

[Richard Powell <info powell homeip net>]

Carlos,

The "Magnify" function I spoke of is part of the Microsoft mouse 
driver.  You need a fairly recent, i.e. last 3 or 4 years, Microsoft 
mouse to use it.  You can download their latest drivers and read what 
little information they have on this feature on the following Microsoft 
hardware site:

http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/default.aspx

Richard Powell

Carlos Diógenes wrote:
> Hi Richard,
>
> Could you point us to the "Magnify" utility download/page and say what
> version of Windows are you using?
>
> Thanks,
> Carlos.
>
> 2008/3/10, Richard Powell <gnome-info powell homeip net>:
>   
> > 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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