Awesome :D On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 06:11:24PM +0900, Carsten Haitzler wrote: > ok. after last night we had a "n00b" on irc asking "why doesnt printscreen > work?" - i've heard this several times before actually... i added a shot > module > to e17 proper. how is this different to the screenshot module in > e-modules-extra? > > 1. doesnt run any external processes. e screenshots itself directly. ecore_x > has all the goodies needed. > 2. it offers an actual file selector dialog to select the destination of the > screnshot if saved to disk > 3. it offers you a preview of the whole screenshot (scaled down) > 4. it offers you a choice of which screen (if you have xinerama/multiple > screens) you wish to save (or all of them together) with a preview highlight > of > which one is to be saved > 5. offers a simple quality choice radio list at time of screenshot > 6. this is the important bit... it offers a SHARE button... yes.. social > network buzzword compliance here. share... > > what does this do? it takes your screenshot and UPLOADS it to > enlightenment.org... and gives you a URL once uploaded to share with your > friends and whoever... of your wonderful sexy screeniepoos. much like > imageshack or imgur or pastebin and so on... finally people can stop asking > "how do i upload this screenshot?". it's built in. > > cool bit is... ALL the screenshots people upload are nicely public here: > > http://www.enlightenment.org/ss/ > > of course this can be abused - and frankly unless we add authentication and > make people register and go through hoops... there is not much we can do. even > that is open to abuse. at least the server side limits the max size of a > screenshot and it also ensures the file uploaded has an exact file type (png > or > jpeg). it doesnt rely on mimetypes provided, but checks the magic numbers in > the file. we may have to police whats uploaded at some point and delete > offending things... but hey... this means we can easily gather quite a lot of > awesome user screenshots now :) > > also next time i say "show me what you are talking about"... its as easy as a > keypress or 2 away. :) > > -- > ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- > The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) ras...@rasterman.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. > With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, > you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. > Download your free trial now. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 > _______________________________________________ > enlightenment-devel mailing list > enlightenment-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
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