While the Compiz Zoom plugin might be appropriate for advanced users, modulo the significant caveats you mentioned, it requires manually configuring Compiz with ccsm, which is not installed by default, and which is beyond the capability of most users. It is therefore not an appropriately general solution for Ubuntu.
In any case, this bug is not about the lack of zoom functionality (which is a problem) but rather that the integration of zoom functionality with the desktop is broken. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/603415 Title: Accessibility keybindings don't work Status in GNOME Control Center: New Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: gnome-control-center In gnome-keybindings-properties, in the Accessibility section, there are three entries by default: toggle magnifier, toggle screen reader, and toggle on-screen keyboard. None of these work, whether or not Assistive Technologies is currently running and whether or not orca is currently running. WHAT I EXPECT TO HAPPEN: I should be able to configure a shortcut to any of these actions, such as Ctrl-Alt-A to the Toggle magnifier action. Then, pressing, Ctrl-Alt-A will start the magnifier. WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS: I am able to modify the entry in the gnome- keybindings-properties window, but pressing the designated key does not perform any action. That is, the magnifier does not open. Changing the hotkeys for other actions works okay. WHY THIS IS BAD: This is confusing and misleading behavior, and can be especially damaging for people who need the accessibility features. Ideally, the keybindings should be fixed, but otherwise they should be removed from the dialog. This is true under up-to-date Lucid 10.04 tested on several systems. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/603415/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
