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[Matthew Paul Thomas <mpt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Christian Giordano wrote on 11/06/10 15:09:
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <mark@xxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mark@xxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>>
>> On 11/06/10 10:08, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
>>>
>>> The ideal screenshot tool would instantly take a screenshot of the
>>> whole screen, *and* one of the current window, just in case you
>>> wanted either of those, and *then* show its own interface giving you
>>> the option of saving/publishing either of them or taking a
>>> screenshot of something else. All the screenshot tools I've seen get
>>> this basic, basic thing wrong. They act as if taking a screenshot is
>>> an incredibly strenuous activity for the computer, and it's vital
>>> that you first specify exactly what you want a screenshot of, never
>>> mind that that thing might have disappeared in the meantime.
>>
>> Is it on the list? ;-)
>
> So you would mainly create this API for final users for the file system
> or also for the global menu?

I don't know what sort of API a screenshot utility should have. What do
you suggest?

> I am just a bit concerned that there will be too many windicators
> (with consequentially too similar icons). The operations you can do
> with files in the filesystem can be so many. I like personalization, I
> think it's an important part in Linux, I am just a bit concerned on the
> visual implications. Having an icon for any script someone can think of
> might bring to big consistency problems from computer to computer like
> "is that the same icon I have on mine?".
>...

Yes, conveying their purpose in the small thickness of a title bar (and
in a monochrome icon, too) will be one of the challenges for windicators.

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Matthew Paul Thomas
http://mpt.net.nz/
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