Magnifying Glass Pro has a unique
function which, until now, has not been applied in any similar utilities – the
mouse can be “shaken”, that is quickly moved from side to side or up and down
(on the table, of course!!!) -- to cause the magnifier to be come active or, if
already active, to become inactive. This
can be very convenient, as it is not necessary to reach out and touch the
keyboard, nor is it necessary to use the system menu.
Mouse
Shaking Enabled. If the Mouse Shaking mode is enabled, the program
watches the movements of the mouse and reacts to the type of motion. This has the same result as using the system tray icon to show or hide the Glass.
Horizontal
Shaking
In this section, the options that effect horizontal (left <-->
right) Mouse Shaking will be discussed.
·
Shaking Length. This field
specifies the total duration of a series of rapid left-right-left movements
that will be recognized by the program.
The default for this setting is 0.2 seconds. This means that, if the mouse is shaken for
at least 0.2 seconds, then the program will recognize this action as a command
and take the action that the user has selected from the menu.
·
Shake Intensity. For obvious
reasons, it would be quite inconvenient for the program to consider every
simple mouse movement as a special command sequence! The Shake Intensity setting specifies the
speed and frequency of mouse movement that the user desires the program to
consider as “shaking”. The graphic
indicator makes it simple to view various intensity settings. If you tend to use rapid mouse movements,
then it might be better if you raise the intensity setting. Conversely, if most of your mouse movements
tend to be slow, then a lower setting may suffice.
·
Action. Three choices are selectable from the Action
menu –
o
Show/Hide Glass
o
Enter/Leave Command Mode
o
Nothing
Vertical
Shaking
Vertical Shaking is (rather obviously) the same as Horizontal Shaking,
except down-up-down rather than left-right-left. Except for the direction of the “shake”, all
other options are the same. As this
vertical mouse movement is often somewhat less convenient than horizontal
movement, it is suggested that this option be assigned to a command less often
used than that assigned to Horizontal Shaking.