The design is based on the legend of the lost city of Atlantis and underwater is the theme screaming at you at every turn. When Atlantis, The Palm, was built in 2008, in the centre of the main crescent of the man-made Palm island itself, it was hailed Dubai’s most extravagant hotel. Water really is what it’s all about here. Grabbing myself a giant rubber ring I happily spend the afternoon throwing myself down the cascades, darkened tunnels, tidal waves and rapids, squealing in the fast bits and soaking up the rays on the quieter routes.Īnd because the park is set in a lush tropical landscape, once I’ve had enough water play I can flop on a sun lounger. It’s easy to see why the Aquaventure Waterpark, in the eye-popping Atlantis, The Palm resort, has been voted the best in the Middle East.Īs well as stomach-dropping attractions like The Leap of Faith and Poseidon’s Revenge (which is newer, scarier still, yet was closed when I was there) there are plenty more family-friendly rides. I jump up, heart pumping, all set to go again. I feel a rush of adrenaline as I shoot into the plunge pool and the sunshine. Towards the end I zoom through a transparent tube surrounded by sharks and rays.
But it’s not just the height and speed providing the thrills. Travelling at 80mph down the 90ft flume it’s merely a heartbeat until I reach the bottom.
There’s a red light above me and when it turns green I’m off – “Waaaaargh!” – hurtling down the mighty Leap of Faith, Dubai’s longest free-fall water slide, crossing my ankles for dear life and hoping my swimsuit stays put. I do as I’m told for the gynaecological consequences of not doing so, apparently, don’t bear thinking about. And I’m being shouted at by a hefty-looking man in shorts. The voice component can come in handy, providing audio feedback for elements of interest, even on mouseover.Lying flat on my back, I’m perilously close to the edge of a building nine storeys high. Taking everything into consideration, we can say that iZoom is a powerful accessibility application that aims to make it easier to read difficult paragraphs or view elements that aren’t quite clear. By default, it only reads elements you click on, such as window titles and buttons, but it can fully be configured even to read elements as you hover the mouse cursor over them. As mentioned above, hotkeys are implemented, and found in the settings menu, with options to modify them.Īpart from magnifying, the application is also fitted with a speech component. It’s also possible to customize the way your mouse looks, how the magnification window is shown, as well as font and image options to make things clearer. In case you’re just there for the effects, iZoom comes with a large list of color layers to apply over the original one, such as replacing white, removing green, or customizing color display. The zoom level is probably the main advantage, with the possibility to increase the lens focus up to 35 times, but this can make it incredibly difficult to use. Customize effects, text, and speech options There are multiple types to choose from, such as the whole screen, lens, docked lens, line, or splitting the screen in half on a specific orientation. You might want to go ahead and configure the lens type at first, so you don’t end up stuck again the next time you run the application.
When this is done, you are able to see the main window with all configuration options. Luckily, this can be done through hotkeys, with the possibility to press Alt + Insert in order to return to normal. The moment it runs, the application turns your whole screen into a magnifier, and there’s a high chance it creates a lot of frustration, because you’re pretty much stuck unless toggling off magnification.
However, they might not fully satisfy your needs, but there are other specialized applications like iZoom that let you configure more zoom and speech options.
#IZOOM WATERSLIDE WINDOWS#
Windows wants to let anyone take advantage of its features, and is the reason it got equipped with an impressive array of ease of access options, such as speech, or magnifier.
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