Nice work. Might be interesting to be able to add our own backends, e.g. allow a URL to be entered in preferences and then SnappyApp just does a regular POST of multipart/form-data and the "Location: ..." returned by the server is copied to the clipboard as the shareable URL.
Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
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Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
#42What I thought this was judging by the name (and what I want): Windows-style window 'snapping' at the edges. Pull window to the left to dock in the left 50% of the screen. To the right for the right 50% of the screen. Up to take up the whole screen. One of the few things I miss about Windows.
Spectacle[1] is excellent for this.
Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
#43I wrote an app that takes aspects of this to the next level, especially the cases where they recommend when to use it.
In my app, you capture a full window instead of a portion of the screen. Then the snapshot is continually updated. It's not for saving, just for cross-reference really. Though it also works really well in presentations and demos.
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#44This is excellent - I've been looking for a simple replacement to Skitch for a while. Any chance you could add either Cloud.app support or let me drag the image to Cloud.app (like you can with V1 of Skitch)?
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#45This looks like a replacement for Skitch. It is nowhere near as good yet, but perhaps it will get there. I'm hoping it will!
Mind you, when I write "Skitch", I mean the original Skitch 1.0, not the disaster that happened after Evernote bought Skitch and decided to "redesign and integrate with Evernote".
Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
#46Earlier quoted context omitted.
Glad you like it! Funny thing, "I didn't know i needed this" is the most common feedback we get. :) Resizing is on the list, although it will impact the image quality if you resize up. On the same list I have making the window transparent so you can see content below it. Not sure if I understand the second one. Do you mean quit Snappy after closing all snaps? (it's quietly sitting in the top bar)
With that being the most common feedback you get, I would highly recommend adding some good use cases to your landing page to tell people why they should want to use it.
Will do. New website coming up v1.2. Thanks!
Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
#47This looks like a replacement for Skitch. It is nowhere near as good yet, but perhaps it will get there. I'm hoping it will! Mind you, when I write "Skitch", I mean the original Skitch 1.0, not the disaster that happened after Evernote bought Skitch and decided to "redesign and integrate with Evernote".
The worst thing about Skitch is the integration with Evernote. No, I don't want to sync, I just want to take a screenshot and drag the image to an application.
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#48I really like this tool! Thanks! Some small requests thou: - I would like to be able to select multiple old snaps and delete them. - Some kind of Quit-protection would be nice, I closed Snappy by mistake when I tried to close a snap with Cmd+Q.
Thank you for the feedback! The first point is planned for 1.2 which i hope to launch by years end. It also has annotations and more sharing+storage options. Plus iCloud with an iOS app so you can access the snaps on the phone. As for CMD+Q, you're right, it needs quit protection - added to list for 1.2.
CMD+Q is intended to quit: that's what CMD+W is for (for closing the current window).
Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
#49This is excellent - I've been looking for a simple replacement to Skitch for a while. Any chance you could add either Cloud.app support or let me drag the image to Cloud.app (like you can with V1 of Skitch)?
Have you seen https://www.monosnap.com? It's worked well for me as a Skitch replacement.
Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it
#50This looks like a replacement for Skitch. It is nowhere near as good yet, but perhaps it will get there. I'm hoping it will! Mind you, when I write "Skitch", I mean the original Skitch 1.0, not the disaster that happened after Evernote bought Skitch and decided to "redesign and integrate with Evernote".
I don't think it's strictly a replacement for skitch. Think of this use case: you're responding to an email and need to have a bit of text to refer to in your response email. This tool would allow you to snap that text and overlay it on top of all windows so you can refer to it easily...
I love skitch and use it 20+ times a day, but I can see using this in addition.