Re: [Usability] screenshot & recording desktop video

[Corey Burger <corey burger gmail com>]

On 6/10/05, jeroen xs4all nl <jeroen xs4all nl> wrote:
> Hey Calum,
> 
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> Here's what i've come up with so far:
> http://www.xs4all.nl/~jeroen/screenshots/Screenshot-Screenshot-2.png
> 
> I'm pretty happy with that. Obviously, the video parts would be
> insensitive until the user selects the "Record desktop video" radiobutton.
> The "take a screenshot of the desktop" would be the default option
> selected.
> 
> The icon for the video part is simply a mimetype icon atm, until somebody
> with more art skills (jimmac for example) designs a nice action icon for
> it.
> 
> I've ditched the duration part of the video recording. Does a user really
> know how long he'll want to record the video beforehand? I doubt it.
> 
> I'll probably start implementing this in the next couple of days.
> 
> Comments?
> 
> Jeroen
> 

The only issue I see with it is that you allow you user to choose a
codec, which is probably bad news. Better to simply record it, and
then if needed, it can be transcoded later.

Corey