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Mozilla To Add Screenshot Sharing Feature To Firefox Test Pilot Program (softpedia.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the early-bird dept.

An anonymous reader writes: [Softpedia reports:] "Mozilla plans to include a webpage screenshot sharing feature to Firefox as part of the Test Pilot program, a spokesperson confirmed to Softpedia. The new feature is called Page Shot, and will initially roll out on Firefox Test Pilot in late-Q3 of this year. The Firefox Test Pilot program allows users to test experimental Firefox features using a special add-on. Based on user feedback, those features will end up as built-in Firefox features, or self-standing add-ons." The pageshot.net website is now offline as Mozilla prepares to launch the add-on via Test Pilot, but Softpedia has the screenshots. You can view the screenshots here.

3 of 75 comments (clear)

  1. Re:WTF?!?!?!? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    in recent versions of Firefox with no extra addons:
    press Shift+F2 to bring up Developer Toolbar, then type in
    screenshot --fullpage --clipboard

  2. Re:Cool... I guess?? by swalve · · Score: 2, Informative

    How is this better than the prtscn button?

  3. Re:Cool... I guess?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    ...This apparently makes it a native browser feature where you can capture directly to a file with no intermediate steps. However I've been using the FireShot plugin for years and it works fine; I don't see why this needs to be built directly into the browser.

    GP here. I just use the native Snipping Tool in Win 7 and up. When I need to use a Mac, the OS has supported native screenshots for years. Even back in the XP glory days I used a third-party OS program which saved directly to disk.

    If a program can snip anything from the OS-level, why do we need it at the browser level? Can you elaborate on the day-to-day use that you get out of a browser-specific screenshotting plugin?