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DesktopZoom

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