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Aging Eyes and Desktop Zoom

I'm looking for a replacement for something I've really gotten used to and failing miserably: Compiz "Enhanced Zoom Desktop". I love it on Ubuntu 10.04 (Gnome2) but yeah... that's old and quickly getting ancient.

I can have a busy high-res desktop and simply and easily zoom as needed (hold the Super key and just scroll wheel).

But Compiz seems to have evolved into a buggy afterthought on modern desktops and Unity (a compiz plugin) dominates the activity. Since such a zoom requires compositing, I find it's not very good on lightweights, either.

Suggestions appreciated. Anyone else in the same boat? TIA

PS: Thanks to BlitzenZeus for inspiring this query over in »Are We Witnessing the Decline of Ubuntu?

I bought reading glasses.

This is my... omg... 19th year with bi/trifocals.