Thanks, Bill
Posted by in Tech at 2:10 a.m. on Feb. 25th, 20052 Comments 0 Pings
I mean, how hard would it’ve been to do the following?
- Press Print-Screen (BMP Saved to desktop)
Nowadays, it’s the following:
- Press Print-Screen
- Open graphics program (Photoshop, etc)
- Make “New Document”
- Paste clipboard contents (the ‘Print-Screen’)
- Save as...
- Choose filename
- Save
Of course, I’ve left out a couple of steps, such as, ‘Figure out what the hell to do with a .BMP file’. Why does Windows default to BMP’s? Does Windows use DisplayBMP(tm)? I know that if you make screenshots in KDE, with KSnapShot (an excellent application, BTW), you get PNG’s on your desktop. In OS X, you get PDF’s, which is understandable considering PDF is the native Mac graphic format.
In all fairness, I think you can press Alt-Print-Screen and it copies just the active window, but I gave up trying to memorize the difference between the two years ago. I mean, there’s a key that says ‘PrintScreen’ right there on the keyboard, and it doesn’t work, actually.
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Rube
April 5, 2005 at 6:02 a.m.:Hey, Hexydes
SkyOS is definitely on my list of things to buy. I'm excited about the work y'all have done and the direction you're taking.
Hexydes
April 5, 2005 at 12:34 a.m.:Try SkyOS. We purposely set the "Print Screen" key to bring up a "Save As" dialog, allowing you to save as BMP, JPG, GIF, and PNG. From there, just choose where to save the screen capture to.