DesktopZoom - magnify the entire desktop

Posted by ClifNotes, Apr 2008, permalink Desktop Tools

Bigjohnny posted this review in my WriteYourOwnReview section. This looks like a great zoom tool. I personally use the Zzoom magnifier when I need it.

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IS IT FREEWARE? Yes and portable

WHERE IS THE WEBSITE AT? http://users.telenet.be/littlegems/MySoft/Index.html
IS THE DOWNLOAD LINK EASY TO FIND? yes
IF THE DOWNLOAD LINK IS HARD TO FIND, INCLUDE IT.

WHAT KIND OF PROGRAM IS IT? Magnifier
WHAT VERSIONS OF WINDOWS ARE REQUIRED? Windows 2000/XP
DOES IT REQUIRE ANYTHING ELSE? (LIKE .NET) no
IS IT A LARGE OR SMALL DOWNLOAD? small 341Kb

IS IT AN EASY PROGRAM TO INSTALL? no install. un-zip
DOES IT COME WITH AN UNINSTALLER? n/a

WHERE DID YOU FIND IT? www.magnifiers.org
WERE YOU LOOKING FOR SOMETHING LIKE THIS? yes

WHAT ARE YOU USING IT FOR? reading screen without glasses. I'm vain
WHAT WERE YOU USING BEFORE YOU FOUND THIS? Windows magnifier
HAS IT SOLVED A PROBLEM YOU WERE HAVING? Yes, I was looking for a way to not have to drag my mouse over words to read them. This software has a mode to magnify the whole desktop, it can also magnify just a window or like every other one, a small area following the mouse
WHAT PROBLEMS HAS IT CAUSED? none

IS THE PROGRAM EASY TO USE? yes
DOES IT COME WITH HELP FILES? yes
WHAT FEATURES DO YOU LIKE OR NOT LIKE? The full-screen desktop magnifier is what sold me on it
WHAT FEATURES WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE ADDED OR TAKEN AWAY OR CHANGED? The smoothing feature sometimes creates more blur. The fixed window feature puts a large arrow as a pointer and doesn't remove the small one, it's confusing to have a normal-sized point that doesn't work.
bigjohnny

Quote from the website
• Zoom an area around the mouse, zoom a fixed window or zoom the entire desktop
• Use the mouse inside the zoomed window
• Use the mouse wheel or arrow keys to adjust the magnification strength
• View the entire screen as a thumbnail in the right-bottom corner
• Follow the caret & menu items
• Change the colors to grey or invers the colors
• Show the original screen with a transparency value between 0 en 100%
• Show a bigger mouse and/or a crosshair
• Use Alt-keys to change the zoomvalue and to enable/disable tracking and the crosshair
• Save all the settings to a file for automatic loading


http://users.telenet.be/littlegems/MySoft/DesktopZoom/Index.html



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