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

[Steven Garrity <stevelist silverorange com>]

Calum Benson wrote:
> 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?
>
> 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.

I've always found the Windows and Mac screenshot methods confusing. 
Neither provide any visual feedback (unless you happen to be able to see 
the desktop on the Mac when the icon appears). The Mac does play a 
"snapshot" sound, which helps a bit.

The visual feedback of the screenshot dialog has always been a point of 
pride about the Gnome desktop for me. I've even bragged about it on my 
weblog! [1] Even though it requires a dialog and some user interaction - 
I think it's worth it to show the user (visually, with the preview 
image, which is great) what happened.

Cheers,
Steven Garrity
[1] http://actsofvolition.com/archives/2004/february/gettingtoknow