Reviews of ZZoom

1. 
   comeoffit

   Reviewing 1.0 (Oct 1, 2006)

   Eh? To "pick" in this context means to "choose"... They are synonymous. Whenever you select a color, whether from screen or from all available colors, you are "color picking". Hard to believe the author comes here to argue this point.
   
   As others have pointed out, it works but why use it when other utils do this and more...
2. 
   andread

   Reviewing 1.0 (Feb 20, 2005)

   Sorry, had to reply:
   - It's called "color picker" as you can pick the color from the screen. Tweaking is not picking.
   - You can copy the actual color in the clipboard pressing "c" and the viewed image pressing "i"
   - I wrote it aimed to web designers, because I'm one if them. I dit it for myself. If someone finds it useful, i'll be happy.
   If it doesn't fit your needs then use another. If you need Color Cop features, then use it, I don't need to clone it for no reasons.
   
   New features will be added shortly as I need them. :)
3. 
   cricri_pingouin

   Reviewing 1.0 (Feb 14, 2005)

   Well, as a magnifying glass, it's not bad, but I prefer by far Virtual Magnifying Glass:
   http://magnifier.sourceforge.net/
   As for color picking, I didn't know ColorCop that httpd.confused mentionned below. But I tried it... and it's a keeper :)
   So for me, I keep these two tools, I guess that for someone who want a all in one solution, this can do.
4. 
   httpd.confused

   Reviewing 1.0 (Feb 12, 2005)

   You can't lock the view (it inextricably moves with the mouse cursor, which is extremely annoying); you can't save your settings between runs (not that there are many in the first place); you can't tweak colors (why call it a "color picker" then?); you can't copy color data to the clipboard (and you better not move that mouse even a tiny bit once you have the proper color in view, or it's lost); and it only supports two types of color codes (RGB and hex).
   
   The mouse wheel zoom feature is a nice touch, though. I also appreciate being able to resize the window. Those are about the only positive things I can find to say.
   
   I know, I know... It's free, so I'm bound by law to rate it a "5", and throw common sense out the window. Sorry, I never quite got the hang of grading on a wild curve. Come on, seriously--how on earth can anyone rate this a "5"? Un-be-lievable.
   
   Look at Color Cop to find the kind of functionality I'd expect in a utility like this. (But, oh no--Color Cop is 64 KB on disk; I hope that doesn't blow out anyone's hard drive space.)
5. 
   andread

   Reviewing 0.3 (Jan 25, 2005)

   Sorry for forgetting to include my email address.
   Use "soft AT omiod.com" for any feedback / bug report :-)
   Thanks to all for the nice comments.

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