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Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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You didn't look far enough. There are Androids and Windows Phones / Tablets to the right.

Ah, better. Now mix them so there is no selection bias.

Surely it would make more sense to group them? If I'm going to be creating a universal application for iOS, it would be much easier to see all the available options.

That said, I do think the other platforms should be given some sort of visibility to show that they're actually present.

Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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This is a more of a rant on an overall trend than criticism of this site completely, but I honestly do not understand the "drag to upload a file" interaction at all. I'm in all likelihood going to need to navigate through a bunch of folders to locate what I want to upload anyway - why force me to open up Finder, reposition it so that my browser and finder are both visible, with the "drop area" visible as well, find m…

My modus operandi is setting up bottom right corner of the screen as a hot corner for Show Desktop. Just bump your mouse down the bottom right, open up a finder window to find your file, start by dragging the file down to the right corner, which resets all windows – and the just drop! This is obviously even smoother for files that are already on the desktop.

Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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This is a more of a rant on an overall trend than criticism of this site completely, but I honestly do not understand the "drag to upload a file" interaction at all. I'm in all likelihood going to need to navigate through a bunch of folders to locate what I want to upload anyway - why force me to open up Finder, reposition it so that my browser and finder are both visible, with the "drop area" visible as well, find m…

1. The default file chooser on windows is horrible. 2. With multiple monitors, multiple desktops, etc, quite often people will have their working files open anyway. 3. You can drag a picture straight from another open browser tab so it never needs to touch your browser. 4. Most sites give a choice of either method. 5. It's a fairly intuitive action. I know that I caught older family members struggling when they used…

>1. The default file chooser on windows is horrible.

It's really not though. I've never had a problem with it.

Re: Quickly generate product screenshots in realistic environments

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http://placeit.breezi.com/3c07b95

Holy shit that is creepy. What/who is that?

Who is right! Doctor Who villain, the Slitheen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slitheen
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