I made an open source desktop magnifier for demo and presentations
I wanted a cool magnifier for my presentations, but couldn't find one (the default windows one was not really usable for my case) So I built one using Vue and Tauri (weird stack for such a tool, huh?). It was a pretty fun little project, hope you guys can have some use. Here's how it works: - When you press the shortcut, it takes a screenshot and store it in a temp folder - It then displays an HTML window and passes the screenshot URL to it - The HTML window has no "decorations" (top bar) and only contains an empty div - This div uses the screenshot as a background and updates the background…
I made an open source desktop magnifier for demo and presentations launched on May 6, 2023 with 6 votes, #2,023 of 4,910 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.
What it does
Simple magnifier for presentations (so that people can read the tiny texts) - hugoattal/milky-warp
In the maker’s words, at launch
I wanted a cool magnifier for my presentations, but couldn't find one (the default windows one was not really usable for my case) So I built one using Vue and Tauri (weird stack for such a tool, huh?). It was a pretty fun little project, hope you guys can have some use. Here's how it works: - When you press the…
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