Hello, I have found this experience to be true. I believe this is more usable in the environment, but I do not know if most users would expect a split screen vertically? Do you think low vision users coming from Windows will be expecting a vertical or horizontal split? Will the change affect performance? I think it will be more usable and though it might be a change to begin, in the end it will be a better initial solution for the gnome desktop default behavior. I am always afraid to change default behavior when relating to accessibility however...
Jason Grieves -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aurelian Radu Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 9:59 AM To: Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List; Luke Yelavich Subject: Re: Final call for info re accessibility profiles. Hello, In my experience, it's better to place the magnification window at the bottom of the screen, so that it splits the display area horizontally, not vertically. Since the magnifier is mostly used for reading, emphasis should be put on the width, not the height, of the magnification window and the magnified area. On my 1024x768 display I use the following settings: Top = 540 Bottom = 767 Left = 0 Right = 1023. With these settings, the magnifier doesn't hide the GNOME bottom panel, except when the mouse is over the magnification window. Anyway, I removed the bottom panel on my system. The default settings would be more appropriate for reading Japanese writing, I think ;) I use a magnification factor of 8, because I'm very near-sighted. I know that not all visually-impaired people need to use such a high magnification factor, but still I think 2 might be too little. Maybe 3 or 4 should be considered. Unfortunately, gnopernicus is not very accessible from the point of view of changing settings. You need to open no less than four windows in order to change zoomer settings. Every time I use this program I punch myself in the face for not learning to program. Now it's too late, I'm an old dog, and busy to boot. A thousand thanks to Luke and the team for the work they've done so far. I've got more suggestions/questions about gnome-mag, gnopernicus and (why not?) kmag, if anybody wants to hear them. I've been using the great little magnifier that comes with Windows for two years now and I wish GNOME/KDE magnifiers could be as good as that one. Thanks for your time! Aurelian Radu ----- Original Message ----- From: "Luke Yelavich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Ubuntu Accessibility Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2006 3:39 PM Subject: Final call for info re accessibility profiles. > -- > Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility > -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
