Do you taking screenshots frequently while using your computer?

1. Some sites won't let you paste images, so an image URL is needed, and some URL's won't preview (none do at HN). So I take a screenshot and upload to imgbb, or other, and get a clean URL.

2. Faster than shrinking a photo I took, a screenshot is almost always smaller.

3. I clean out captions with no meaning for my post, without opening an image editor.

4. I save tweets and excerpts of README files that say all that I need.

5. I put windows (typically images) side by side for a quick montage or comparison without opening GIMP. (snap)

6. I save screens with account balances for reference, and pretty much anything from Apple's App Store that doesn't allow copying, or listing. Some JavaScript (sc**d?) disables copying, so I screenshot or turn off JS (YMMV with that)

7. I snap images for my recipe manager that are hard to save, ( in some JavaScript flip book), webp (growl) format, or are movies.

Almost never full-screen, nor web page > 1 screen.

I use an app that lets me select an area, and saves snaps, and also lets me copy/drag the snap.

About 5 times a day. App developer. We screenshot bugs and bug fixes. Sometimes it's easier than describing by words. We screenshot the IDE because of syntax highlight.

I would guess I do once or twice a week. Why do you ask?

A ton. My most common workflow is command+4 on Mac, then select rectangle to capture, then reveal in finder, then rename the image file name to something meaningful. Wish I had a faster workflow for this.

I take screenshots of errors and bugs to share on slack or in Jira, but I wouldn’t say I do it daily (unless GitHub is having a bad week).

Only when my cat puts her head on print screen

A lot!

Usually for pasting into Slack to discuss. Sometimes to paste into Onenote for docs. Occasionally for blog posts.

I take screenshots to send information to other people that need to know what something looks like

Not frequently, but sometimes I do. And, sometimes I just write it down on a paper.