HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Do you taking screenshots frequently while using your computer?


Maybe there's something on the screen that you might want to look at later?

  👤 k310 Accepted Answer ✓
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.

👤 muzani
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.
👤 uberman
I would guess I do once or twice a week. Why do you ask?
👤 mhdhn
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.
👤 dave4420
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).
👤 Daeraxa
Only when my cat puts her head on print screen
👤 quickthrower2
A lot!

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

👤 warrenm
I take screenshots to send information to other people that need to know what something looks like
👤 zzo38computer
Not frequently, but sometimes I do. And, sometimes I just write it down on a paper.