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Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by gingerlime »

julianlam wrote: post #118
gingerlime wrote: post #87

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes. A thousand times. At our small company we trialed Jumpshare, CloudApp and a bunch of other stuff for both video and screenshots. Cleanshot was by far the best, and costs the least. Unlike most tools which are SaaSified and require a monthly subscription, CleanShot still offers a one-off license. It's a steal. The only one at our company not using Cleanshot is a developer on Linux. I think he's using Flameshot.

> Cleanshot was by far the best, and costs the least. Unlike most tools which are SaaSified and require a monthly subscription, CleanShot still offers a one-off license. It's a steal. I just want to remark upon how strange it is Mac users are just so nonchalantly paying for bits and bobs because their OS doesn't do things they need it to do. I spent some time getting my Linux setup _just so_ and feel like I gave macO…

I've been a linux user for >10 years and switched to Mac ~4 years ago. I use, love, create, maintain and contribute to open source.

Honestly, the only thing I miss from Linux is i3 (window manager). For the rest, much happier with what Mac offers. I use spectacle on MacOS, which isn't nearly as good as i3wm. It's open-source. I use a bunch of other free or open source tools for Mac. Karabiner, f.lux and lots of other tools.

CleanShot is probably one of the few paid tools I have on my Mac. My company pays for it, and it's something like $20 one-off. Well worth it. I would have paid triple that if it worked on Linux.

I think it's a false dichotomy that Linux == free == good and Mac == paid == bad.

Also, my time is worth more to me and to my company. I feel more productive and that I waste less time fiddling on my Mac than my colleague on Linux. Perhaps it's an age thing, but I now value my time more, and prefer to fiddle only with certain things and not others.

YMMV. All the power to you for using Linux!

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by vanous »

I_am_tiberius wrote: post #51
ephbit wrote: post #45

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Anyone else here who found Shutter to be quite handy? I tried flameshot once and don't really get how one would find it more useful than Shutter.

I think flameshot is more for people who prefer design over functionality. Although the feature set is not too bad. Does shutter have annotation features?

Is there a way to install Shutter on modern Debian? It only is available for old stable and oldoldstable. I would love to try it, but prefer function over non-function.

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by vanous »

vanous wrote: post #122
I_am_tiberius wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think flameshot is more for people who prefer design over functionality. Although the feature set is not too bad. Does shutter have annotation features?

Is there a way to install Shutter on modern Debian? It only is available for old stable and oldoldstable. I would love to try it, but prefer function over non-function.

I tested ksnip and it is also very good, thanks HN!

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by spurgu »

sgt wrote: post #102
sgt wrote: post #95

Cool tool but redundant on macOS. Do screenshot using Shift-CMD-4 or 5 and edit using Preview to add arrows, text etc. I usually screenshot a part of the screen directly to the clipboard, then paste it into Mail.app where I can quickly edit it and add some text, errors, drawings etc.

Forgot to mention that Ctrl-Shift-CMD-4 etc puts it directly into the clipboard. Without Ctrl, it will be saved as a file.

I've reversed those two since I use the clipboard a lot more frequently.

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by npteljes »

rozab wrote: post #94
bhay wrote: post #22

I've used Flameshot for a while and can say it is definitely the best of many tools I've tried. The direct upload to imgur is particularly nice.

Why do people still use imgur after all the antipatterns they've pushed? When I tap the direct image links in this thread I get greeted with an extremely slow infinite scrolling page, social media features galore, and intrusive requests to install the app . I like postimages.org.

>The owner of this website (postmates.org) has banned the country or region your IP address is in (HU) from accessing this website.

:|

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by yurishimo »

gingerlime wrote: post #121
julianlam wrote: post #118

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Cleanshot was by far the best, and costs the least. Unlike most tools which are SaaSified and require a monthly subscription, CleanShot still offers a one-off license. It's a steal. I just want to remark upon how strange it is Mac users are just so nonchalantly paying for bits and bobs because their OS doesn't do things they need it to do. I spent some time getting my Linux setup _just so_ and feel like I gave macO…

I've been a linux user for >10 years and switched to Mac ~4 years ago. I use, love, create, maintain and contribute to open source. Honestly, the only thing I miss from Linux is i3 (window manager). For the rest, much happier with what Mac offers. I use spectacle on MacOS, which isn't nearly as good as i3wm. It's open-source. I use a bunch of other free or open source tools for Mac. Karabiner, f.lux and lots of other…

There’s a newer fork of Spectacle out there called “Rectangle” that is actively maintained. You can find it on GitHub. Same shortcut keys by default and more options for other stuff.

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by stolsvik »

samstave wrote: post #79
bhay wrote: post #22

I've used Flameshot for a while and can say it is definitely the best of many tools I've tried. The direct upload to imgur is particularly nice.

Is it better than Greenshot? https://i.imgur.com/ZtR60qw.png I love nesting screenshots into screenshots by simply hitting the PRTSC button muliple times https://i.imgur.com/9NKvWko.png https://i.imgur.com/n8Mwh1Z.png EDIT: ___ And you should also install "hoverzoom" under brave broser with multiple blockers: https://i.imgur.com/OcOJhyE.jpg

Greenshot is fantastic, I would have loved it if it existed for Linux.

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by thraxil »

gspr wrote: post #24

I don't wanna poop on their parade, but haven't Wayland screenshotters been around for a while? https://github.com/emersion/grim That one has at least been around for long enough, and has worked perfectly under Sway for long enough, that I had to look up its name because I had it bound to a hotkey and had forgotten what it was called.

Same. I have a tiny script with:

    #!/bin/bash
    FILENAME="screenshot-`date +%F-%H%M%S`"
    grim -g "$(slurp)" ~/screenshots/$FILENAME.png
Hit one key, select the region to screenshot and I have a file in that directory with a very predictable filename.

Re: Flameshot – Simple, powerful screenshot tool for all major operating systems

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Post by gingerlime »

yurishimo wrote: post #126
gingerlime wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been a linux user for >10 years and switched to Mac ~4 years ago. I use, love, create, maintain and contribute to open source. Honestly, the only thing I miss from Linux is i3 (window manager). For the rest, much happier with what Mac offers. I use spectacle on MacOS, which isn't nearly as good as i3wm. It's open-source. I use a bunch of other free or open source tools for Mac. Karabiner, f.lux and lots of other…

There’s a newer fork of Spectacle out there called “Rectangle” that is actively maintained. You can find it on GitHub. Same shortcut keys by default and more options for other stuff.

sorry it was just my bad memory :) I switched to rectangle a few months ago already.
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