I agree, this is the only feature I really feel deprived of if I turn off compiz, and I can't see how it could interfere with anything (it's only activated if you press the super/windows key). Please enable it by default. Trivial patch attached.
** Attachment added: "Add the zoom plugin to the default gconf key" http://librarian.launchpad.net/6847450/compiz-enable-zoom-by-default.patch -- Zoom plugin not enabled by default https://launchpad.net/bugs/93048 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs