Re: [Usability] screenshot & recording desktop video

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, Calum Benson wrote:

> Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 14:41:03 +0100
> From: Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>
> To: jeroen xs4all nl
> Cc: usability gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Usability] screenshot & recording desktop video
>
> On Fri, 2005-06-10 at 20:04 +0200, jeroen xs4all nl wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> Cool.  You could probably even simplify it even further, something like:
>
> http://www.iol.ie/~calum/screencap-basic.png
> http://www.iol.ie/~calum/screencap-advanced.png
>
> where the big toggle buttons at the top would have some
> appropriately-cool-and-descriptive artwork on them :)  Although I agree
> you might need to retain the instructions in the dialog about how to
> stop recording

I was thinking Escape would be the most obvious button to stop recording.

> (and perhaps also how to select a window, for window capture mode)

copying how the Force quit applet works might be a good idea, changing the
mouse pointer to a cross + and have them click on the window.

> (I know we hadn't mentioned a scaling option before, but I was using
> iPhoto last night and its 'export no larger than' option is pretty

For what it is worth Adobe Photoshop has a feature "File, Automation, Fit
to Size" which sounds pretty similar (works nicely if you want to quickly
createa single thumbnail) and I have an incorrect implementation of this
functionality I hacked together in Python for the GNU Image Manipulation
Program but abandoned.  If you think you might actually use it I might
take another look at'll take another look at it and get it done right this
time (or maybe I'll just file a feature request, probably be easier to
reuse the built in resize functionality).

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/