Carlos, The "Magnify" function I spoke of is part of the Microsoft mouse driver. You need a fairly recent, i.e. last 3 or 4 years, Microsoft mouse to use it. You can download their latest drivers and read what little information they have on this feature on the following Microsoft hardware site:
http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/default.aspx Richard Powell 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 >> gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ gnome-accessibility-list mailing list gnome-accessibility-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-accessibility-list
