Replied under yours -----Original Message----- From: Henrik Nilsen Omma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:41 AM To: Jason Grieves Cc: ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com Subject: Re: Next team meeting date/time.
Jason, I think it reads well. I guess you have plans to add more content about the applications (firefox, OOo, etc.). Some general thoughts: - Is it possible to take screenshots of split mode or the full mode (where I understand there were some issues with some panels). It might help developers see the issues you are referring to and would also be good for a general audience to actually see how it works (we are planning to post this up on OSnews or somewhere when it's done right?). yep I can use vmware if the print screen seems to goof up. On my TODO - You mention ZoomText for Windows. I wonder if you could do a bit more on comparing gnome-mag and zoomtext. When configured perfectly (and/or with the soon to be improved new xorg functionality) how far off is gnome-mag from the state of the art? (think of the way reviewers in HiFi or Auto magazines take critical look at competing options, pretending for a moment that we are not free software advocates). That is a good idea. I believe I will get some help with this from a veteran Zoomtext user. We can probably work not this comparison this week. - How does it actually do the zooming? Does it just interpolate up the screen image or does it actually render the fonts in a larger size (which I guess is what ZoomText does in Office). The latter would obviously yield a sharper result. I actually thought it interpolated the screen image. That is the need for smoothing of the images. I haven't had a lot of time in the code but I was under the impression it used some of X zoom to just magnify. Composite definitely renders everything off screen and builds it. This will allow for say changing gnome-themes on the fly. Very cool stuff. - Dual head: You mentioned that most people don't have two graphics cards, but a growing number of cards now have two outputs, one digital and one analog VGA. I happen to have an LCD screen with a digital input, so I can run that along with an older CRT, both connected to the same card. Even without that, you can get a digital to VGA converter for about £5 so you could run two regular screen off one newish card. You briefly mention that two displays might be the best option; Is that worth looking at more closely? Is the advantage mainly that it would be easier to set up (since you could have at least one display always working), or are two screens better in daily use as well? If someone with low vision is planning a new computer setup is this something they should plan for? Does X and gnome-mag have any advantages over the Windows/ZoomText setup in this regard? Will work on this issue more. Perhaps you can do some testing with your idea? I will be working with my Zoomtext vet to see how well it handles multiple screens. The sun folks shared that using 2 vid cards takes some of the load off (though I personally feel the real load is in memory/cpu since they aren't using composite) this will require further testing. Perhaps some graphs? - Henrik Thanks for the valuable input - Jason -- Ubuntu-accessibility mailing list Ubuntu-accessibility@lists.ubuntu.com http://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-accessibility
