Jeff Fortin T. (風の庭園のNekohayo)Another newcomer-friendly UX papercut enhancement idea for GNOME's "Document Scanner" (Simple Scan) app: providing the page cropping aspect ratio presets directly as a split menubutton for the cropping action in the toolbar: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan/-/issues/553
Finally realized what has been bugging me for years with the GNOME "Document Scanner" (Simple Scan) app's cropping feature: it doesn't set the mouse cursors to indicate where and how you can interact to adjust the cropping rectangle.
I filed this issue with some hints, so that any newcomer can contribute a fix for it: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan/-/issues/552
(BTW, there's a similar papercut in GNOME Calendar: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-calendar/-/issues/963)
#UX #usability #GNOME #SimpleScan #SANE #scanning #paperwork #GNOMECalendar
Georgiana BrummellWhen I went to the IHOP website some time last year, the menu was fully accessible. Then, they changed it, and I had to use an old version from the Way Back Machine. Now, I went to the modern site again, and they are still inaccessible. After searching several sites, I finally found one that had the pdf. But I would need to open my Windows 7 virtual machine, open Openbook (ocr scanning software), load the pdf, convert it, and only then could I start reading the actual menu. Of course, I would also need to use the find command to get to the various sections, since it's not html and I can't just click on a link or go to the various headings, so that would take more time (usually, the last doesn't bother me, but it just adds more inconvenience here). So I just settled for a sampler, because my parents don't have all day to either read the menu and have me choose, or sit and wait for me to do all of the above. This whole thing took only a few minutes when the actual site was accessible. Am I missing something here, perhaps with using NVDA?
#accessibility #annoying #blind #blindness #computer #Ihop #menus #NVDA #ocr #scanning #technology #Windows
James BakerBaroness Kiddon has tabled an amendment that would require client-side scanning on every device. That would include all film cameras. https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/65150/documents/7938 #MassSurveilance #scanning
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Unofficial PetaPixel BotValoi easy35 v2 Promises to Be the Easiest Way to Scan Film at Home https://petapixel.com/2026/02/26/valoi-easy35-v2-promises-to-be-the-easiest-way-to-scan-film-at-home/ #valoieasy35v2 #filmscanning #cpplus2026 #Equipment #scanning #Analog #valoi #News
lmorchard's linksOpenScan - 3D Scanning for the Masses
"A low-cost, high-quality 3D scanner that you can build yourself - completely open source and modular. 3D scanning opens up completely new possibilities in many areas, such as 3D printing, modelling, reverse engineering, product presentations, photography and more."
https://openscan.eu/
#3dprinting #diy #hardware #scanning
"A low-cost, high-quality 3D scanner that you can build yourself - completely open source and modular. 3D scanning opens up completely new possibilities in many areas, such as 3D printing, modelling, reverse engineering, product presentations, photography and more."
https://openscan.eu/
#3dprinting #diy #hardware #scanning
OpenScan - 3D Scanning for the Masses
We create the future of accessible, high-quality 3D scanning with our DIY photogrammetry-based 3D scanners. Compatible with various cameras, our scanners offer a cost-effective solution for 3D printing, modeling, reverse engineering, or product presentation. Our open-source and modular design ensures flexibility.
TechdirtNews Publishers Are Now Blocking The Internet Archive, And We May All Regret It
tobru 🇨🇭 🧑🚒Reports of Telnet’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
"We see no evidence that specific core network autonomous systems have
blocked Telnet, contrary to previous reports. We specifically see continued
non-spoofable Telnet traffic from networks on which GreyNoise saw 100%
drop-off.
Link: https://www.terracenetworks.com/blog/2026-02-11-telnet-routing
#linkdump #blogpost #filtering #internet #scanning #security #telnet
Reports of Telnet’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated — Terrace Networks
We see no evidence that specific core network autonomous systems have blocked Telnet, contrary to previous reports. We specifically see continued non-spoofable Telnet traffic from networks on which GreyNoise saw 100% drop-off. We suspect initial results may have been measurement artifacts or specifi
The latest releases of #FairScan have a nice feature to facilitate its ethical data-driven software development approach: there is now a built-in convenience action in the About dialog to allow you to email the raw photo of the latest scan to @pynicolas if you encounter examples of situations that cause the autodetection heuristics to fail. I've sent them a few samples today.
Details and instructions here: https://www.fairscan.org/blog/learning-from-failed-scans/
#FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #scanning #paperless #Android