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flameshot
Discontinued Powerful yet simple to use screenshot software :desktop_computer: :camera_flash: [Moved to: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot] (by lupoDharkael)
I was referring to the gif on the GitHub README here: https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/#preview (sorry if I was vague)
In this project's case, it showcases a lot of features as they're actually used, rather than some bullets that say what it _should_ do. In general, I appreciate a gif like this for explaining because it boils down some essential features into one easily digestable clip. It's a preferable medium for me over a long YouTube video or text explaining how something works.
Looks great!
I'm on Windows and I use https://getsharex.com/ which is open source too but only for Windows https://github.com/ShareX/ShareX
Will check Flameshot, if is good enough to match my experience with ShareX I will consider make the switch.
I prefer use tools that are available on Linux to increase the visibility of Linux! I believe that if we make more popular (by using and recommending) tools that are available in Windows/Mac _and_ Linux, more people will have no issues to switch to Linux (eg: VLC, Inkscape, Gimp, Krita, LibreOffice, Kdenlive).
I have Ubuntu as a secondary OS because sadly I'm hostage of Adobe CS :(
Will spread the word!
Now looking for the Windows installer on the download page https://flameshot.org/download/ to install it on my PC, I see that is not very handy, the download page links to the latest release page on GitHub who don't have the Windows installer yet https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v0.8...
The previous version have it! https://github.com/flameshot-org/flameshot/releases/tag/v0.8...
I think that an UX improvement for most users of the download page will be have the direct link to download the latest installer (.msi) instead of link to the latest release page on GitHub with all the binaries, witch can be confusing (besides that now is not even in the latest release). And put the link of latest release page on GitHub as a secondary link.
I’ve mapped it to my PrintScreen button on my desktop, but on my laptop it is sadly unusable because Flameshot does not support fractional scaling. There’s an open issue in GitHub https://github.com/lupoDharkael/flameshot/issues/564 with many folks hitting this but it doesn’t look like the project is maintained