Desktop Zoom
Watching youtube or tv shows online, you have to look at a small video or there are distractions like ads.
Ubuntu has an accessibility feature called Enhanced Zoom Desktop. It was designed for visually impaired users but like closed captioning, it’s useful to anyone.
First, make sure it is enabled by going to System> Preferences> Appearance> Visual Effects. Select Preferences and then enable Enhanced Zoom Desktop under the Accessibility category.
To use Ubuntu’s zoom, press and hold the windows start button (between ctrl and alt) and move your mouse’s scroll wheel up to zoom in and down to zoom out. You can move the zoomed in area with your mouse.
Normal View
Zoomed In
Thank you, I have been looking for some time on how to do this!! Much appreciated!
Mike
Mike
February 2, 2008 at 3:03 am
Neato.
As a side result of playing with this.. I also found that “Left ALT+Scroll Wheel” will adjust the opacity of the window you are viewing.
Sean
April 25, 2008 at 10:41 pm
An awesome feature, great for when you’re presenting something to a class that can’t otherwise be zoomed in, like some embedded media clips.
Matt
May 19, 2008 at 8:41 am
This is great for the visual impared!
Thanks!
Grayson Peddie
May 25, 2008 at 3:28 am