This idea already exists at http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/ The only problem is you can't click-through on the Linux version, whereas the Windows/OSX versions can. But generally, what Richard is looking for is contained in this project. Last I looked, they were looking for Linux developers to add in the dynamic click-through feature.
I'd like to see it expanded as a useful tool for those of us with low-vision who don't need the full magnification of gnome-mag. On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 12:37 -0300, 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list > > > > _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
