Kristian Lyngstøl wrote: > On 5/24/07, Robert Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> As far as my use, I would use it as a screen magnifier. I have very >> limited vision (20/2000 in my right eye, and no vision in my left with >> no possible correction for either eye). I have enough sight, though, to >> work on the computer using a screen magnifier. Right now I use >> gnome-mag, and ti works just fine, but Beryl/Compiz seem to work much >> more smoothly and take up less resources on my system. Needless to say >> I am grateful for both, as I am now able to use Ubuntu as my primary OS >> rather than Windows. :) With Beryl/Compiz, however, I cannot find the >> cursor on-screen as it doe snot enlarge when I use the zoom feature. I >> am unsure of how to set it so that the cursor does enlarge on zoom, >> though. > > There should be an option in beryl-settings somewhere, I don't have a > working copy at the moment, so I can't really give any more details at > the moment. > > I am about to implement this in the zoom plugin I'm writing/improving > (for summer of code), and I have a few options. I figure I'll do both, > but is it really any help that the cursor is zoomed along with the > "normal" zoom, or does it make more sense to separate this? In beryl, > the pointer is enlarged as you zoom in (when enabled). > > Ie: A binding to enlarge just the pointer without actually zooming. > This could be done both by a static factor in the configuration, and > on-the-fly gradually enlarging the cursor. That way, you could enlarge > the cursor even when zoomed out. Does this make sense to you? > > Oh, some of this might not be perfect after my summer-work is done; > David Reveman intends to have Compiz draw the cursor by it self, and > when/if it does this, some of this will be slightly redundant, but > until then... > >> If I can offer any input, as I've mentioned before, please let me know >> as I use the magnifier function both in Ubuntu and Windows very >> heavily. Unfortunately, however, my programming experience is very >> lacking. > > If you have any ideas related to zoom that could help make your life > easier, I am very interested in them. > >> nonce again, thanks for your response. > > And the same to you :) > As far as the cursor goes (and this is my personal preference), I like the cursor to be small (regular sized) when the zoom is at a normal level. When zoomed in, however, an enlarged cursor woudl help greatly. When I use Beryl right now, the cursor does not enlarge when zooming in; I'll have to look at the settings regarding this one, though.
Another thing that helps me a lot with gnome-mag is that the pointer is centered . I can live without this, but at times it makes things a bit easier. -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
