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

[Kirk Bridger <kbridger shaw ca>]

What about a shutter-like effect over the entire screen?  A quick snap
and the dialogue appears with the results?

I think it's important to give feedback to the user for this operation,
and I also think the dialogue is excellent.  I was very pleased when I
first had to interact with it.  Much better than copying it to the
clipboard, or to some directory.

If someone were to use the Window capture rather than the entire screen
capture, simply display the shutter effect over that window.

The shutter effect could be like the iris of a lens, not like a
blind-type shutter closing or opening.

Kirk


On Wed, 2005-06-15 at 15:03 -0700, Brad Taylor wrote:
> > Visual feedback good. Magic bad. OS X does make a sound, but I can't
> > hear it when I am cranking my favorite music. What if I'm not the kind
> > of person that uses the desktop as "home"? What if I forgot where it
> > goes? What if I am new to GNOME? What if I am experienced with GNOME,
> > but this is the first screen shot I have ever taken? What if I
> > accidentally hit the key?
> 
> More importantly, what if the user is deaf or does not have speakers
> plugged in?  Replacing *real* functionality with sounds is never a good
> idea.
> 
> 
> -Brad
> 
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