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

[Owen Williams <ywwg usa net>]

On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 11:59 -0700, Rob Adams wrote:
> On Tue, 2005-06-14 at 21:31 +0200, 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 think that dialog makes things much easier, especially if your desktop
> isn't currently visible.  It shows you what's happening, gives you a
> large thumbnail, and takes care of the tasks you might want to do.
> 
> I think the screenshot feature is extremely well done.  (Congrats to
> whoever coded it)
> 
> -Rob


I also like how you can drag and drop the image from the screenshot
dialog directly into gimp, because often I want to crop an image before
I save it.

owen