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Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#41

Post by riffraff » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 4:46 PM UTC

I wonder, on my macbook I always did cmd+shift+3 or cmd+shift+4 without hitting ctrl.

I am not sure if there is a difference, if not maybe you can simplify the message :)

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#42

Post by joebo » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 4:46 PM UTC

Great work! It might be helpful to show images of common keyboards to show where the print screen button is. For example, on my keyboard it's labeled PrtScn. I've had to explain hundreds of times where the print screen key is. https://www.google.com/search?q=keyboard+images&oq=keyboard+...

To make it even more dead simple, you may even want to show a video. I'm not kidding.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#43

Post by slig » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 4:48 PM UTC

riffraff wrote: post #41

I wonder, on my macbook I always did cmd+shift+3 or cmd+shift+4 without hitting ctrl. I am not sure if there is a difference, if not maybe you can simplify the message :)

Without ctrl, the print screen is saved on your Desktop as a PNG. With ctrl, the screenshot is copied to the clipboard.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#44

Post by CatsoCatsoCatso » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 4:50 PM UTC

I really suggest you give some warning that this saves to a public site, I hit save and had my email in the background, thankfully there was no private information on screen.

This gave me quite a panic, please fix it or else someone else will make a bigger mistake.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#45

Post by newsmaster » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 5:10 PM UTC

CatsoCatsoCatso wrote: post #44

I really suggest you give some warning that this saves to a public site, I hit save and had my email in the background, thankfully there was no private information on screen. This gave me quite a panic, please fix it or else someone else will make a bigger mistake.

My apologies, I've added it to the save button now.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#46

Post by newsmaster » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 5:12 PM UTC

iambateman wrote: post #38

johnnyg wrote: post #20

I believe this tool has legs and is a bigger deal than you think.

Skitch is bulky. Dropbox/Cloud.app are great, but too simple. There's definitely middle ground for quick annotation, without going crazzzyyyy. If you can screenshot, annotate, and upload in 5-8 seconds, you've got my $$.

Thanks! I'll add more tools this weekend and polish it up a bit. How much would one be willing to pay for something like?

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#47

Post by osetinsky » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 5:13 PM UTC

You only need Shift + Command + 3 (no need for Control) to screenshot. Makes it much easier!

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#48

Post by waylandsmithers » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

Nothing to be embarrassed about. This is excellent. I can already see this being useful for our less technical users who need help reporting issues.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#49

Post by pneumatics » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 6:11 PM UTC

johnnyg wrote: post #20

I believe this tool has legs and is a bigger deal than you think.

I installed a full application to do this the last time I needed annotated screenshots that didn't look like they were made by a child. I used Jing fwiw.

Re: Show HN: My embarrassingly simple printscreen weekend webapp

#50

Post by joshdance » Tue, Nov 05, 2013, 6:39 PM UTC

How do you delete something saved to Imgur? Need to have that option available.