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Glass II 3.1 (Freeware) The Mac OS offers a few ways to customize the way your Mac shows information on your display. First and foremost is the Monitors control panel, which will let you select the effective horizontal and vertical resolution in pixels. This value usually varies between 640x480 and 1280x1024, but may be different depending on your display card and monitor. But it is a pain to keep having to change your resolution to meet the needs of the work you are doing. If only there was a way to magnify portions of your screen... One solution is Apple's own CloseView control panel, but it hasn't been updated since 1996. Another, more modern solution, is Glass II. Unlike CloseView, Glass II can magnify a portion of the screen, and show this magnified view along with your standard display. This contrasts with CloseView, which would magnify the entire screen by a certain factor.
Expanded 2X View From Internet Explorer with Glass II But Glass II offers more than just being able to magnify a portion of your screen. While being able to select the magnification ratio (up to 16 times the current resolution) you can also display other useful information in the Glass II window. This includes X and Y coordinates, as well as the color value (in RGB, CMY, HLS or HSV representations) for the point under the cursor. For graphic artists and others who need to occasionally zoom in on a portion of the screen, Glass II does the trick. Have any other software Gadget that would win even a contested vote? Write John via e-mail, so he can review it, or speak out on the Mac Gadget Forum. |
