[Usability] Discoverable off-screen window dragging

2007-11-28 Thread Hans Petter Jansson
I've been discussing accessibility/usability with visually impaired users lately, and one thing that came up, and that I believe to be low-hanging fruit, is the problem of windows being bigger than the screen in one or both dimensions. This happens frequently for visually impaired users, since the

Re: [Usability] Discoverable off-screen window dragging

2007-11-28 Thread Elijah Newren
Hi, On Nov 28, 2007 4:23 PM, Hans Petter Jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was told by one user that the way he worked around this was by going > to the control panel, choosing a smaller font temporarily, moving the > window, then setting the big font again. Of course, he was very happy to >

Re: [Usability] Discoverable off-screen window dragging

2007-11-28 Thread Hans Petter Jansson
On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 20:40 -0700, Elijah Newren wrote: > On Nov 28, 2007 4:23 PM, Hans Petter Jansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I was told by one user that the way he worked around this was by going > > to the control panel, choosing a smaller font temporarily, moving the > > window, then se

Re: [Usability] Discoverable off-screen window dragging

2007-11-28 Thread Hans Petter Jansson
On Thu, 2007-11-29 at 12:08 +0530, ritz wrote: > a possible workaround is to use a large Virtual screen size in > xorg.conf. That's painful because it's harder to reach the panel, and there's no visual indication of where you are in the virtual screen. Plus windows could get too large anyway.

Re: [Usability] Discoverable off-screen window dragging

2007-11-28 Thread ritz
Hello a possible workaround is to use a large Virtual screen size in xorg.conf. On Wed, 2007-11-28 at 17:23 -0600, Hans Petter Jansson wrote: > I've been discussing accessibility/usability with visually impaired > users lately, and one thing that came up, and that I believe to be > low-hangin