[Kde-accessibility] Re: KDE screen resolution policy

[Gunnar Schmi Dt]

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> On Thursday 25 December 2003 17:52, Tom Chance wrote:
> > [...]
> > Either KDE and Qt need to be more intelligent about
> > remapping the layout when it doesn't fit, or they need to provide
> > scrollbars on all widgets when they are too large, or all KDE
> > applications need to put very small amounts of information in each
> > "window".
>
Having scrollbars at the windows is indeed necessary. Each window has a 
smallest size depending on its contents and settings like the widget 
style, font sizes etc. (see further down). If this size is bigger than 
your screen you currently cannot handle all window contents without tricks 
(like moving the window). 

On Thursday 25 December 2003 19:25, Frans Englich wrote:
> [...]
> AFAICT, when it comes to screen resolution impaired people 
> are left out in the cold, and will have to look for other methods.
> Perhaps kde-accessibility have something wise to say(CC'ing).
>
One of the applications in the kdeaccessibility module is KMagnifier, which 
can be used to magnify some area around the mouse pointer. Unfortunately 
this has the drawback that it also takes some space on the screen, so that 
makes the rest even smaller. (Additionally it uses CPU time, but for 
people with low vision this does not matter too much if it solves the 
problem.) 

Even when using a huge screen resolution (e.g., 1600x1200) it is possible 
to use a font size such that windows designed for smaller resolutions take 
the full screen. (Try font size 48. Hint: to restore the original font 
size, you may need to move the window with Alt+mouse.)

Gunnar Schmi Dt
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Co-maintainer of the KDE Accessibility Project
Maintainer of the kdeaccessibility package
http://accessibility.kde.org/
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