This seems to be solving a problem of information being hidden by overlapping windows - but that's also solved by tiling window managers, like Amethyst and osxmonad.
Exactly, it prevents breaking context by switching windows back and forth to access a piece of information.
Tiling is, of course, another way to solve the problem. I prefer snappy because i can extract the exact piece of information i'm interested in, for example a portion of an image or a paragraph of text, instead of the whole thing.
If it weren't for the extraneous window decoration you end up with. I'm good with using Moom to size and shape my windows on the fly on OSX. I've been relatively happy tiling on Linux though, but customizing keyboard shortcuts gets tedious quickly.
The main problem with OSX has been knowing which window is foregrounded, especially with two monitors.
Thank you for the feedback!
The first point is planned for 1.2 which i hope to launch by years end. It also has annotations and more sharing+storage options. Plus iCloud with an iOS app so you can access the snaps on the phone.
As for CMD+Q, you're right, it needs quit protection - added to list for 1.2.
Yes, but it's standard for apps to ask for confirmation before quitting if there's reason to think the user might not really mean it e.g. there's unsaved data or unfinished operations.
I know you know, but for those who don't: it _was_ standard. Apple nowadays promotes applications to autosave and restore windows with their content at startup.
I think an utility like this should follow that strategy.
Glad you like it! Funny thing, "I didn't know i needed this" is the most common feedback we get. :)
Resizing is on the list, although it will impact the image quality if you resize up. On the same list I have making the window transparent so you can see content below it.
Not sure if I understand the second one. Do you mean quit Snappy after closing all snaps? (it's quietly sitting in the top bar)
With that being the most common feedback you get, I would highly recommend adding some good use cases to your landing page to tell people why they should want to use it.
I kind of see the utility of having screenshotted rects remain visible. I personally will stick with Cmd+Shift+4 since it does the screenshot-with-bounds and saves to desktop by default. Maybe I just don't see what the extra value is here?
My same feeling. My girlfriend and coworkers love Skitch. I just use Cmd-Shift-4 and Preview when I need to add some arrows or text to a screenshot. Need to upload? Dropbox and "share link." Of course streamlining it is okay, but not for me.
The concept is a bit different.
Snappy is not a screen capture app, it's a tool for referencing info between screens. But granted, it does it by taking a snapshot of a portion of the screen.
Snappy is designed to be seamlessly used, not a feature packed app. It's an extension to the OS.
I thought this was superfluous until I downloaded it. It does what it does so well that it makes itself useful in a surprising number of ways - for me, I can quickly screen grab anything I need to remember or keep around for the day and put it at the front of my secondary screen.
I use Jing in first place for fastly sharing screenshots and videocasts. But I also use it 3-4 times a year for the same functionality your app provides.
http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
What I thought this was judging by the name (and what I want): Windows-style window 'snapping' at the edges. Pull window to the left to dock in the left 50% of the screen. To the right for the right 50% of the screen. Up to take up the whole screen.
I'll confirm this. I am using three-finger-swipes for window snapping. Up maximises, left makes it take up 50% and is positioned to the left (vice versa for right swipe) and swipe down minimises the window.
I've been using Screenfloat (http://www.screenfloatapp.com) for a long time, the one thing that I didn't like about it was the delay involved from screenshot execution to display. Sometimes this could take 4-5 sec which was a pain cause I needed it to be instantaneous. SnappyApp solves this problem so thank you, you've just become the replacement :)
The demo would be more useful if it told me I can drag the boxes after snapping them, and if the page had more vertical scroll space so I could see them stay in place when I scroll.
Nice work. Might be interesting to be able to add our own backends, e.g. allow a URL to be entered in preferences and then SnappyApp just does a regular POST of multipart/form-data and the "Location: ..." returned by the server is copied to the clipboard as the shareable URL.
I wrote an app that takes aspects of this to the next level, especially the cases where they recommend when to use it.
In my app, you capture a full window instead of a portion of the screen. Then the snapshot is continually updated. It's not for saving, just for cross-reference really. Though it also works really well in presentations and demos.
This is excellent - I've been looking for a simple replacement to Skitch for a while. Any chance you could add either Cloud.app support or let me drag the image to Cloud.app (like you can with V1 of Skitch)?
This looks like a replacement for Skitch. It is nowhere near as good yet, but perhaps it will get there. I'm hoping it will!
Mind you, when I write "Skitch", I mean the original Skitch 1.0, not the disaster that happened after Evernote bought Skitch and decided to "redesign and integrate with Evernote".
The worst thing about Skitch is the integration with Evernote. No, I don't want to sync, I just want to take a screenshot and drag the image to an application.
I don't think it's strictly a replacement for skitch. Think of this use case: you're responding to an email and need to have a bit of text to refer to in your response email. This tool would allow you to snap that text and overlay it on top of all windows so you can refer to it easily...
I love skitch and use it 20+ times a day, but I can see using this in addition.
Most of this isn't useful to me, but I really like your "Snap Webpage Preview" feature. Sometimes I just want a clean copy of the site, and this is a fast easy way to get it.
I also like the Snaps from the Past, so far, fast to load, and clean. Good defaults for sorting.
One thing I think would be nice, would be once you have a floating snap, if I mouse over it I'd love to see where it was taken. I realize that information is available in the Snaps from the Past window, but a quick transparent window with clear text across the bottom of the snap (not sure what you'd do if the snap was too small) would be wonderful.
Thank you for the opportunity to try this app. When you put your price back up, I've a number of clients I'll be recommending it to.
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On the whole I think I prefer the Amethyst approach - the snappy overlays themselves obscure information beneath them.
The main problem with OSX has been knowing which window is foregrounded, especially with two monitors.
Some small requests thou:
- I would like to be able to select multiple old snaps and delete them.
- Some kind of Quit-protection would be nice, I closed Snappy by mistake when I tried to close a snap with Cmd+Q.
I think an utility like this should follow that strategy.
Some feature requests:
- Ability to resize by grabbing corners
- Option to quit after all snaps are closed
Resizing is on the list, although it will impact the image quality if you resize up. On the same list I have making the window transparent so you can see content below it.
Not sure if I understand the second one. Do you mean quit Snappy after closing all snaps? (it's quietly sitting in the top bar)
It will have in-app purchases in later versions, but the basic version is always free.
Sorry for the confusion.
http://www.globaldelight.com/voila/
Snappy is designed to be seamlessly used, not a feature packed app. It's an extension to the OS.
And even if you only clip in safari, it's not that seamless of a process with selecting the area and all.
Simple idea, great execution.
One of the few things I miss about Windows.
It is great.
[1] http://spectacleapp.com/
It was created before Zephyros too.
https://github.com/fikovnik/ShiftIt
Another useful utility is RightZoom which makes the Maximize button behave as expected: http://www.blazingtools.com/right_zoom_mac.html
Love it!
In my app, you capture a full window instead of a portion of the screen. Then the snapshot is continually updated. It's not for saving, just for cross-reference really. Though it also works really well in presentations and demos.
http://appstore.com/mac/duplicatewindows
Mind you, when I write "Skitch", I mean the original Skitch 1.0, not the disaster that happened after Evernote bought Skitch and decided to "redesign and integrate with Evernote".
While it still works, it is by far the best solution for capturing quick screenshots and annotating them.
I love skitch and use it 20+ times a day, but I can see using this in addition.
I also like the Snaps from the Past, so far, fast to load, and clean. Good defaults for sorting.
One thing I think would be nice, would be once you have a floating snap, if I mouse over it I'd love to see where it was taken. I realize that information is available in the Snaps from the Past window, but a quick transparent window with clear text across the bottom of the snap (not sure what you'd do if the snap was too small) would be wonderful.
Thank you for the opportunity to try this app. When you put your price back up, I've a number of clients I'll be recommending it to.