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==Screen magnifiers bundled with an operating system== * [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]] includes an application called Magnify<ref>{{cite web|title=Haiku User Guide - Magnify|url=http://www.haiku-os.org/docs/userguide/en/applications/magnify.html | accessdate = 2010-05-11}}</ref> * [[Linux]]-based operating systems: ** [[Compiz|Compiz-Fusion]] window manager has a highly configurable plugin named "Enhanced Zoom Desktop" ** [[GNOME]] has gnome-mag, which {{as of | 2015 | lc = on}} forms part of [[GNOME Shell]]<ref>GNOME Project: [https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GnomeShell/Magnification Magnification in GNOME Shell]</ref> ** [[KDE]] has KMagnifier (KMag) * The [[Microsoft Windows]] operating system has included the [[Magnifier (Windows)|"Magnifier"]] application since [[Windows 98]] (released in 1998). It can integrate with a mouse-button toggle.<ref> {{cite web | url = http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/help/support/how-to/mouse/magnifier | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160608225048/http://www.microsoft.com/hardware/en-us/help/support/how-to/mouse/magnifier | title = How-to: Mouse Magnifier | year = 2015 | website = Microsoft Hardware | publisher = Microsoft | access-date = 2015-04-16 | archive-date = 2016-06-08 | quote = If the Magnify command was not assigned to a button on your mouse by default, you can assign it to one. [...] To turn on or turn off the Magnifier[:] Click the mouse button assigned to Magnify. | url-status=dead }} </ref> * In [[OS X]], the built-in screen magnification feature can be used at any time by using keyboard shortcuts or by scrolling with a mouse or trackpad.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://support.apple.com/kb/PH21496?locale=en_US | title = OS X El Capitan: Zoom options in Accessibility preferences | year = 2016 | publisher = Apple | access-date = 2017-02-14 }} </ref><ref>{{cite web | url = https://support.apple.com/kb/PH18385?locale=en_US | title = OS X Yosemite: Zoom pane of Accessibility preferences | year = 2015 | publisher = Apple | access-date = 2017-02-14 }} </ref> Screen magnification is built into iOS devices as well.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204390 | title = Use Accessibility features in iOS | year = 2016 | publisher = Apple | access-date = 2017-02-14 }} </ref>
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