Software for our parents -- on-screen magnifying glass

[KernilCrash]

Yes!  I'm serious!    This really is about software that might help our parents. 

Magnifying Glass Pro

I'm tossing this out because a lot of us are in the same general age range, and some of our parents are computer geeks just like us.    My parents entered the 'computer age' a number of years ago, and they both use it quite a bit.  But my father's eyes are aging (whose aren't) and he gets very frustrated when he can't read the tiny print on certain dialogue boxes.

I found this chunk of software for him.  It's NOT free.  It costs $25.00, but I think it's going to be worth it.  I turned off most of the functions, and adjusted the default box that pops up, and I've come up with a good sized rectangle that he can turn on and off in a snap if he needs to read something small on the screen.  It's simple and seems to work quickly and effectively. 

[aeryncrichton]

Hey, cool!  Of course, that could help ME sometimes, LOL!  I'm still okay if I've got glasses on, but if I can't wear my glasses for some reason, I can't focus....

I do have a mouse that has a magnifying function, but it's sometimes difficult to control, and it doesn't work well if I'm on AOL. (Grumble, grumble, yes, I know, I should ditch AOL, but I'm so used to it, and I really, really don't want to change my e-mail address....) 

[KernilCrash]

It's only $25, and it's got a lot of different functions.  I've shut a number of them down for my parents in order to keep it simple to use, but I may wind up purchasing a copy for myself because it's so flexible.

[aeryncrichton]

Well, do let me know your experience with it.  It sounds like something I might like to have! 

[KernilCrash]

I've already downloaded it to my computer as a test, and I like it.  I did a little tweaking to get it to behave in a way that I consider intuitive (larger magnified box, change the cursor, etc). 

It gives you a 30-day trial if you want to play around with it.  I'm not sure I have $25 worth of need though. 

I haven't tried to uninstall it to see if it comes out 'clean'.  You might want to wait until I give that a whirl.  It comes with an "uninstall" option though, so I'm assuming there won't be a problem.