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 > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnome-accessibility-list mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
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