http://tidbits.com/ Ambrosia Software has finally brought Mountain Lion compatibility — and a few new features — to the Snapz Pro X screen capture utility. But is it too little, too late, given the loss of the capability to capture menus as objects and other problems? en-us Copyright 2012 TidBITS Publishing Inc. Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 EST editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) editors@tidbits.com (TidBITS Editors) http://tidbits.com/images/tb_logo_152x55.png http://tidbits.com/ 55 152 TidBITS badge http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16712 Tue, 04 Dec 2012 14:32:59 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16712 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16629 Wed, 28 Nov 2012 11:28:20 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16629
Unfortunately, that also means the demise of yet another useful Snapz Pro X feature: The dedicated rename dialog in previous versions of the utility interpreted underscores as delimiters when using Alt-[Left|Right]-Arrow for jumping between words. Not so in the standard Save File dialog box.

Why does this matter? Snapz Pro X remembers the previously entered name for a new screenshot. If you use a prefix like "Snapz_", and a screenshot is called, say, "Snapz_Woah", you could easily adjust the name by hitting Shift-Alt-Left arrow, which would jump to just right of the underscore with the remainder of the name selected. Start typing, and you could efficiently rename screenshots while preserving the prefix.

In the standard Save dialog box, the underscore does not work as a delimiter, so you have to manually navigate to right-of-underscore, or just retype the prefix every single time.

That's not a big deal for one or two screenshots. But when documenting an application in depth, you're missing the previous functionality with every screenshot you make.

Overall, I completely agree with Adam: This update is a disappointment for loyal users of Snapz Pro X. And, yes, like someone else pointed out, taking this long to update the app is an embarassment for Ambrosia.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16611 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:40:00 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16611 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16610 Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:23:51 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16610 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16604 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:08:47 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16604
Thanks to your article I've discovered Shift-Command-4. Simpler. Lets me name the file AFTER rather than all in one go. But it will do the job. Sad. I've been using Snapz Pro X for many years.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16603 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:05:56 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16603
Worth trying, imho.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16602 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:39:11 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16602 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16600 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:04:59 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16600
Does anyone have a suggestion for the simplest (slickest, most friction-free) app for taking screen snaps, annotating them with text, arrows, and free-form drawing, resizing when needed, and making them available on the Web?

Thanks.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16599 Mon, 26 Nov 2012 20:01:02 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16599 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16573 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:32:57 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16573 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16572 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 14:31:49 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16572 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16569 Mon, 19 Nov 2012 09:19:44 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16569 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16564 Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:09:30 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16564
I'm using Little Snapper and Voila now.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16560 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:18:08 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16560 http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16559 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 21:07:21 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16559
Too bad about the menus, though.]]> http://db.tidbits.com/article/13401?rss#comments_16557 Fri, 16 Nov 2012 20:32:03 EST http://tidbits.com/article/13401#comments_16557