Re: GNOME 3/Shell Magnifier(s)

[Joseph Scheuhammer <clown alum mit edu>]

Hi Robert,

You wrote:
> ... At this point, is there an option for fullscreen magnification in 
> GNOME 3? If so, what methods would I use to activate it?
>
> ... I am looking forward to what will come with GNOME in the future. 

As Piñeiro has pointed out, GNOME Shell has built-in magnification.  The 
currently supported features are:

* magnification ranging from 1x to 20x.
* mouse tracking modes - centred, push, or proportional.
* position of the magnified view -  full screen, top half, bottom half, 
left half, and right half.
* magnified view optionally follows the mouse.
* crosshairs - show/hide, colour, transparency, length, thickness, and 
whether crosshairs intersect the mouse pointer.

Unfortunately, the control centre dialog for modifying these settings is 
under development.  The only access currently is via the accessibility 
menu near the top left of the screen, as Piñeiro described.

Features in development include inverse video, brightness and contrast 
adjustments, and focus/caret tracking.

More information can be found on the magnifier's wiki page:
http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/Magnification

Thanks for your interest.  Hope this helps.

--
Joseph Scheuhammer
Inclusive Design Research Centre, OCAD University.
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