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Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

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What 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.

There is also a scriptable window manager: https://github.com/sdegutis/zephyros/

Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

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This 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.

for Mac I strongly recommend an app named Grab

Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

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I kind of see the utility of having screenshotted rects remain visible. I personally will stick with Cmd+Shift+4 since it does the screenshot-with-bounds and saves to desktop by default. Maybe I just don't see what the extra value is here?

Automated upload instead of having to use Dropbox.

I've used Cloud app for this in the past - works great, but has an upload limit. What's the story on that here?

Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

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post #51
post #27

What 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.

There is also a scriptable window manager: https://github.com/sdegutis/zephyros/

I like Slate: https://github.com/jigish/slate

It was created before Zephyros too.

Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

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).

Yes, but it's standard for apps to ask for confirmation before quitting if there's reason to think the user might not really mean it e.g. there's unsaved data or unfinished operations.

Re: Show HN: Capture a screen area in OS X and automatically pin it

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Most of this isn't useful to me, but I really like your "Snap Webpage Preview" feature. Sometimes I just want a clean copy of the site, and this is a fast easy way to get it.

I also like the Snaps from the Past, so far, fast to load, and clean. Good defaults for sorting.

One thing I think would be nice, would be once you have a floating snap, if I mouse over it I'd love to see where it was taken. I realize that information is available in the Snaps from the Past window, but a quick transparent window with clear text across the bottom of the snap (not sure what you'd do if the snap was too small) would be wonderful.

Thank you for the opportunity to try this app. When you put your price back up, I've a number of clients I'll be recommending it to.

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