Magnifixer 3.0

Platform: Windows (All)
Size: 975 KB
Type: Freeware

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Magnifixer

Screen Magnifier / Pixel Viewer

Magnifixer is a screen magnifier utility. You can place it anywhere on your screen, make it any size you want and select a zoom level. Magnifixer will always show the area of your screen where the mouse cursor resides.

• Having a hard time reading small text on your screen ?
• Working with graphics and need a detailed view ?
• Need accuracy in your work ?

Magnifixer is suitable for visually impaired people, making it much easier to work with computers.

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Features

- Adjustable zoom factor - Up to 40x Magnification
- Place anywhere on your screen
- Dual monitor supported
- Smoothing for better readability
- Cursor tracking or fixed location view
- Stay-on-top window option
- Color Display (HTML or RGB mode)
- Most settings are saved and reused
- Very simple and intuitive interface
- Uninstall option

New in this version

version 3.0 : released October 2010
- ( added ) Copy magnified screen to clipboard (CTRL-C)
- ( added ) Systemwide shortcut added to call magnifier (CTRL-G)
- ( added ) Shortcut added to enable/disable Magnifier (CTRL-E)
- ( added ) Check for updates added
- ( added ) Additional frequencies added for better tuning
- ( fixed ) Performance improved for aero on Vista and Win 7

version 2.3 : released March 2009
- ( fixed ) Shutdown when minimized caused startup problem

version 2.2 : released December 2008
- ( added ) Option to magnify a fixed area of screen
- ( fixed ) Magnifixer window is transparent on XP (does not work on Vista)

version 2.1: released June 2008
- ( fixed ) Cursor hotspot correctly used
- ( fixed ) Flicker removed
- (changed) additional display frequency added (30 times/sec)

version 2.0: released Januari 2008
- (changed) performance improvement
- (changed) Maximum zoom level increased to 40 (instead of 15)
- ( added ) Zoom level can be changed with mouse scroll wheel
- ( added ) Zoom window can be smoothed for better readability.
- ( fixed ) Dual Monitor Support (also negative coordinates)

version 1.6: released May 2007
- ( added ) Support for dual monitor systems.

version 1.5: released May 2007
- ( fixed ) Magnification factor is now saved correctly.

version 1.4: released June 2006
- ( added ) Inverted Display for maximum readability.
- ( added ) Cursor coordinates added to toolbar.
- ( added ) Titlebar is hidden (double-click to show).
- ( fixed ) Doubleclick problem when cursor is shown.
- ( fixed ) Minimum size constraints added.
- (changed) Moved Magnifixer to the system tray area.

version 1.3: released November 2004
- ( added ) Adjustable speed settings.
- ( added ) Optional Cursor Display.

Magnifixer earned a place in the "Scott Hanselman's 2005 Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List". Actually, it's even in the "The Big Ten Life and Work-Changing Utilities"

Magnifixer is one of the few tools that was chosen to appear in the book 'Windows Developer Power Tools' from James Avery and Jim Holmes (published by O'Reilly)