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Flameshot v11.0.0

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Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by chainwax »

Excellent piece of software, I use it so much it's now second nature. I remapped my prntscreen button on Ubuntu long long ago and have never even thought to search for a replacement.

Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by avh02 »

> Flameshot can now be run in "one off" mode which means the background systray component is now optional. See the CLI details below.

This was my main turn off from flameshot - I found it weird to have something running in the background all the time just for taking screenshots. I'll be giving it another go.

Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by asicsp »

avh02 wrote: post #4

> Flameshot can now be run in "one off" mode which means the background systray component is now optional. See the CLI details below. This was my main turn off from flameshot - I found it weird to have something running in the background all the time just for taking screenshots. I'll be giving it another go.

This is definitely a welcome feature. I continued using Screenshot despite getting drawn by Flameshot's nice additions.

Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by emerongi »

smallerfish wrote: post #2

Flameshot is fantastic. More distros should make it the default.

Gnome has their own screenshot tool and they also broke the workflow for Flameshot on Wayland recently. The internal API that was used to take screenshots was blocked, which is reasonable in and of itself, however the new public API has an animation, after which a special window opens and requires you to click a "share" button before Flameshot can work with the screenshot. You need to go through that every time you use Flameshot.

I like that they think of security, but this is the type of thing that forces people back to X11. Their own screenshot tool does not adhere to the same workflow, so maybe they are blind to the issue.

Considering that Gnome is now the default DE for the more popular distros, I doubt Flameshot will ever receive the honor of becoming the default screenshot tool, even though it should. It provides most of the capabilities that a user would need when taking a screenshot. Desktop Linux needs these little goodies, so it can be sold to the average user.

Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by aidenn0 »

emerongi wrote: post #6
smallerfish wrote: post #2

Flameshot is fantastic. More distros should make it the default.

Gnome has their own screenshot tool and they also broke the workflow for Flameshot on Wayland recently. The internal API that was used to take screenshots was blocked, which is reasonable in and of itself, however the new public API has an animation, after which a special window opens and requires you to click a "share" button before Flameshot can work with the screenshot. You need to go through that every time you u…

If you want to use a custom screen shot tool, you are not the target audience for gnome.

Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by thriftwy »

emerongi wrote: post #6
smallerfish wrote: post #2

Flameshot is fantastic. More distros should make it the default.

Gnome has their own screenshot tool and they also broke the workflow for Flameshot on Wayland recently. The internal API that was used to take screenshots was blocked, which is reasonable in and of itself, however the new public API has an animation, after which a special window opens and requires you to click a "share" button before Flameshot can work with the screenshot. You need to go through that every time you u…

KDE has its own snapshot tool which is called Spectacle and is pretty solid.

Given the level of integration between KDE apps it's unlikely they will prefer an outside tool either.

Re: Flameshot v11.0.0

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Post by smallerfish »

emerongi wrote: post #6
smallerfish wrote: post #2

Flameshot is fantastic. More distros should make it the default.

Gnome has their own screenshot tool and they also broke the workflow for Flameshot on Wayland recently. The internal API that was used to take screenshots was blocked, which is reasonable in and of itself, however the new public API has an animation, after which a special window opens and requires you to click a "share" button before Flameshot can work with the screenshot. You need to go through that every time you u…

Standardizing some tooling across major DEs would be a smart move, but I get the political impediments to doing so. Reinventing the wheel isn't always the right move. Flameshot's superior to either Gnome or KDE's defaults. (Another example - gnome-calculator is superior to kcalc, and there are probably better more obscure calendars out there too.)
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