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DESCRIPTION
Computer Glasses lets you magnify a portion of the screen to read fine print or magnify an image.
When you open Computer Glasses, you see a red circle. Click on the circle (magnifier) and drag it over the area to be magnified. As you drag the magnifier, you will see crosshairs. When you release the mouse, the area inside the area within the circle will be magnified. A Control Panel lets you choose the magnifier shape (Rectangle or Circle), the size of the magnifier (slider), turn the magnifier on/off and change the magnification (Slight, Medium, Larger and Largest). You can shrink the Control Panel, move it out of the way on the desktop, or minimize it to the Dock. You can close Computer Glasses by clicking on the control panel's (red) close button. Control Panel settings and location are saved between sessions. Magnifier location is saved between sessions and between Hide/Show views.
WHAT'S NEW
Version 2.1.0 tolerates older and slower computers while taking advantage of the speed of newer and faster computers.
REQUIREMENTS
Mac OS X 10.2 or later.
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| Computer Glasses User Reviews (12 posts) | Write A Review |
 | Jan 30 2009 |
GABRIELU Seriously folks, what's the point of this app if your mac can already zoom in and out of the screen by simply holding CONTROL on your keyboard and moving your mouse wheel up and down????
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| Dec 1 2008 |
TOOL FORCE SOFTWARE Don't get me wrong, this comment is just my own opinion: This app is the exact opposite of OS X-like plus it's useless (yet?) because of the built-in zoom function, maybe you should think of an advantage over the zoom functionÂ…
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| Dec 19 2008 |
EASER The advantage is that if you wish to magnify only a portion of the screen, Apple's built-in zoom will not allow that. Programs like Computer Glasses do allow this.
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| Jan 1 2009 |
TOOL FORCE SOFTWARE Dragging the window to the right place seems to be more time consuming than using the built-in zoom, in my opinion. There are also some graphics issues. (I just found Mouseposé on MU, seems to be a more elegant way)
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 | Nov 24 2007 |
BILL NEILL Thanks for this so very much needed because the Apple failed to activate it in 10.2.8 I'm sorry, but can't you just go to Apple Menu -> System Preferences -> Universal Access -> Turn on Zoom and achieve the same thing? Needs Keyboard controls as it had in OS 9.
(Version 1.3.1) | |
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| Aug 2 2007 |
AMBERV I love how people keep posting that, because you can zoom the entire interface, you don't need a tool that only shows part of the screen magnified. Oi. Universal Access zooming is not a developer tool. It *interpolates* which means it is worthless for getting pixel accurate views of your work. You cannot do any real work with it, because your development applications are zoomed as well (and probably ten miles to the left off-screen). Anyway, this is a nice little tool. Does just what it needs to do. It could probably use a little refinement, but for the most part a good tool. If you don't like circles for some reason, there is a preference to use a rectangle. Finally, it is free, further making the "just use Tiger's Zoom" people look even more dense.
(Version 1.3) | |
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| Dec 1 2008 |
MARSVIOLET You can disable interpolating in Universal Access. Next to Zoom, click Options, then uncheck "Smooth images.Â…"
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| Mar 20 2007 |
DESIGN-Q As opposed to CTRL +/- which magnify the whole screen, this app.can also magnify only portion of a page.. hence useful
(Version 1.3) | |
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 | Mar 14 2007 |
DOMINIQUE PERETTI For those who don't know : in Tiger, you can press ctrl and scroll up to zoom in. **This app is not required** !
(Version 1.3) | |
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| Jan 10 2007 |
VASILIS It's pretty nice. A few things. - Why a circle? My screen isn't circular. - It would be handy if the crosshairs were as high and wide as the magnifier itself and if they could stay in place when you release the mouse (optional). Good for pixelperfect designers. - I'd like the ability to resize the zoom window (yes, a window).
(Version 1.1) | |
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| Jan 9 2007 |
EL_MIGU_EL Of cours you can use the build in magnification. BUT if you just want to have one particular region of the Screen magnified while using an other part just normally, this tool is great. Only thing I'd like to see is, that if you toggle hide/show the circle remembers its position. And choosing the size of the circle would also be a nice to have.
(Version 1.1) | |
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| Jan 9 2007 |
OCHYMING PAUL YOUNG this is helpful, but if you use the scroll button you can go back to normal. No need to reboot.
(Version 1.1) | |
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 | Jan 5 2007 |
PAUL YOUNG Shawnbodh - Yes, you can zoom the entire display using the method you described. I find, however, that you can get the display "stuck" while zoomed way in and have to reboot to get back to normal. Computer Glasses zooms only the area inside the circle. When you close Computer Glasses, everything is back to normal. Paul Young, CSoM
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| Jan 9 2007 |
With the scroll wheal you can back to Ă’normalĂ”
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