Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-34343471-20181225002355/@comment-35315474-20181227140951

LiSaLo wrote: Vicki, that's a great tip! But when I'm in a location, I do not leave this room / place until I find everything. So, no screenshots. Call me dogged, but that's just me. I just really want to find it and I want it there, so I stay and do not leave until I have it. OK, new self-knowledge, seems, like I'm a little stubborn. LOL You? Stubborn? 😂 I think we both share that quality. 😊 I prefer to use another term for stubborn: perseverance which refers to working to accomplish a goal regardless of the difficulty or obstacles in the way. It is not the technique that matters, but rather the tenacity to keep working on something until success is finally achieved. Sometimes what works for one person cannot work for another due to other factors, such as poor vision. No matter how hard I try, I truly cannot see some of the items. I must magnify them beyond the normal SN zoom in order to see them. Therefore, I have had to go beyond just being dogged; I've had to be innovative to find a way to accomplish the same goal despite the added complication of poor vision. A few months ago, I learned to set up the accessibility features to do a 3-finger tap zoom which enlarges the image much more than the built-in SN zoom abilities. I've had good success with that. Once I find the object, I then zoom back out to see what it looks like in regular zoom mode. I can usually spot something, like a white dot or line, that I can use to find it the next time. Sometimes I just have to remember where objects like to hide and tap those areas without actually seeing anything there in order to "find" them.

Putting forth the extra effort is a struggle in the beginning, but it pays off long-term. I think there's more than one way to accomplish the same goal. Using different techniques does not indicate giving in; rather, it indicates each person's creativity to persevere given their own unique characteristics (e.g.; device used, vision issues). Heck, just to type this message, I have zoomed the screen on my Mac to about 250% so I can see the letters as I type. As long as it works, it really doesn't matter how it's done. There is no one single way to achieve success. And that's actually part of the fun of it all. 😊