Re: Screenshot dialog not needed? (Was: Re: [Usability] screenshot & recording desktop video)

[Calum Benson <Calum Benson Sun COM>]

On 14 Jun 2005, at 20:31, Markus Bertheau wrote:

> Why do we need that dialog there btw? Can't we just save the screen  
> shot
> on the desktop and get rid of the dialog completely?

Sounds like a reasonable request (module the whole 'add video  
features' discussion)-- that's what the OSX screenshot keyboard  
shortcuts do.  Although the first time I used theirs, I did wonder  
where my screenshot had gone because I didn't see it appear on my  
desktop, so I kept taking more until I realised what was happening :)

I have to say I do find the preview in the GNOME popup quite  
reassuring though (particularly in the days when capturing a window  
randomly used to capture the whole screen instead).  Nowadays it  
would probably just be better integrated into a standard file chooser  
dialog though, rather than carrying on with a custom dialog that's  
effectively doing exactly the same job.

Cheeri,
Calum.

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