Recent changes to feature-requests

#101 VMG-3.7.1 for GNU/Linux, both 32 and 64-bit

2016-05-27T11:55:47.948000Z

Here is a better version which includes fixes for bugs #79 and #80 (install to /usr/local and include a proper .desktop file).

VMG-3.7.1 for GNU/Linux, both 32 and 64-bit

2016-05-27T10:21:40.423000Z

The currently available version of vmg for GNU/Linux is a 32-bit binary. I've recompiled vmg 3.7.1 as a 64-bit binary, added it to the 32-bit archive, and kludged the install.sh script to detect which one needs to be copied.

While it'd be much more trustworthy if the authors recompiled the binary for themselves, if they prefer, they are free to use this file as the latest compiled version for GNU/Linux.

By the way, I did not recompile the 32-bit binary, so that is still version 3.5.

Click &Drag Dynamic Window

2015-05-18T15:39:44.366000Z

Hi, This is a great project and VMG is exactly what I was looking for!

It would be nice if the Dynamic Window could be moved with a "click and drag" of the mouse.

Again, you all done good.

Cheers,
john berry

COM or ActiveX

2011-05-10T15:17:58Z

I would like to see a COM object or ActiveX that would allow addition of the magnifier to an application to assist those who use my in-house apps who have vision issues.

Rotate option

2011-03-02T18:49:36Z

It would be nice to have rotating options to dinamically rotate the canvas (i.e. 90º left, right) as needed.
Main reason to include it in future releases is, for example, that sometimes there is text displayed horizontally and vertically. Obviously this would help to read the rotated texts.

Sharper zoom

2010-11-16T19:51:45Z

It would be very nice if there was an option for a "sharpen" filter to be applied over the blurred zoom so the image is more crisp :-).

Don't hide part of the view near the corners and borders

2010-11-01T02:49:02Z

I think the way VMG moves is not the best one to see things near the borders or corners.

At present, the VMG window is centred at the pointer position and that's good because it offers a very natural way of moving around the screen. But when you are near the borders, specifically closer than half the size of the VMG window, part of the window is placed outside the screen area, so, for example, you can only see the close button of a maximized application in a VMG window that is just one fourth of the normal size.

Also, if you enlarge the VMG window to cover all the screen area, you can only see the centre zone of the screen but if you want to see a corner, you can't watch it with the VMG window covering all the screen area.

My proposed solution:
Avoid the window going off the screen limits. If the pointer gets too close to the border, then just keep the window beside that border, but don't move it out the
screen. Instead of that, keep following the pointer in the view and when the view also reaches the screen border, stop following the pointer in that direction so you don't draw areas outside the screen limits. This way you will always have a full size view even near the borders and corners instead of hiding part of the window because that is not useful at all.

Disabled Student Feature Request

2010-09-13T22:57:50Z

If your just discovered superb magnifier could be locked in place independent of the keyboard and mouse, a typing student with bad eyesight could be set up on a computer with two monitors. One monitor using the magnifier; one, in normal keyboard/mouse input mode. Or, if the magnifier itself accepted keyboard/mouse input, then the normal computer monitor would suffice.

Make dynamic mode work with aero active

2010-09-09T09:00:56Z

Make dynamic mode work with aero active, it should be possible but it might require doing dynamic mode in a different way.

Add colour mapping function for colour blind people

2010-08-31T02:16:45Z

I am colour blind and often have trouble distinguishing colours in diagrams, documets and web pages. It would be very helpful to me if the magnifier could perform a real-time colour mapping filter with several options to cater for different forms of colour blindness;

Map:
red - > blue
red -> yellow
green -> blue
green -> yellow
yellow -> green
yellow -> red
blue -> green
blue -> red