Persona writing sprint this weekend 12th and 13th November

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Nov 10, 2011 6:05 AM, "Hugh Sasse" <hgs at dmu.ac.uk> wrote:
>   NS-WYSIWYG - Non-Strict WYSIWYG -- We Know the paper will be
>   white but the screen white is *not* WYSIWYG because paper does
>   not glow, reading a printed page is not like staring into a
>   light bulb: allow me to reverse the colours or choose something
>   else.  I never did convince Star Office devs of this.

It is possible to reverse the colors of the entire screen or just one
window using compiz. I recall it being possible to change the text area
background from white to some other less glowing shade (i used yellow for a
while) in gnome and have that effect Open Office.

>   A Magnifier that works by warping the screen, so none of it is
>   hidden.  The non-magnified parts are compressed, so you can still
>   see where you are relatively.  Maybe the GPU and display drivers
>   could be made to do this?

It's definitely possible. KDE has it.

>   And I'd like to be able to change the mouse to screen sized
>   crosshairs like on the old Tektronix terminals, so you cannot
>   lose the pointer.

Orca has that, but if you're not using a screen reader already, that'd be
pretty heavy weight.

Maco
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