-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Christian Giordano wrote on 11/06/10 15:09: > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 2:59 PM, Mark Shuttleworth <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> 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. - -- Matthew Paul Thomas http://mpt.net.nz/ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwjjuoACgkQ6PUxNfU6ecqu+gCfc/39G1fuOtKavWnVBQrUdNcr ErsAmgObSO4hTea6BPBmadvfQaSystB5 =h2aG -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ayatana Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ayatana More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
