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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.

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  1. Cool... I guess?? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We've been able to share screenshots for almost 30 years now, this feature better have some neat use cases over traditional methods otherwise I'm sure this'll just be another bloat feature on an already pretty hefty browser.

    1. 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?

  2. Uh huh by Lunix+Nutcase · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Hey look! More features no one asked for!! Is Mozilla now in "throw a ton of shit at the wall and see what sticks" mode?

  3. WTF?!?!?!? by williamyf · · Score: 3, Insightful

    when did Flower+Shift+3/4 or Shift/CTRL/ALT+PrtSCR became such a difficult task that we need a "Feature" in the Browser for ScreenShots?!?!?!?

    Mozila, bloat with gusto!

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