Fireshot – Screenshot tool as a Firefox extension

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Posted on 31st October 2007 by Chris in Software

I love me some Skitch, and I use Jing on the PC. Jing takes a while to load and can be a memory hog when it’s loaded, and then there’s that creepy orb staring me in the face. What if I want to take a quick screenshot (using the work PC), annotate it and go!

Enter Fireshot. It allows you to take quick screenshots, add the requisite arrows and text and save it as a PNG, JPG, or more. I know Jing is against JPG as a format, but Fireshot embraces it.

Here is a quick one I did a few minutes ago…(click to see bigger version)

I like that it integrates seamlessly with Firefox, adding a Superman-esque S in the top right corner of the browser window. There’s no Flickr integration like Skitch, but it’s an easy upload anyway.

Way to go Fireshot! I’ll be keeping this one around.

4 Comments

  1. KarenJanowski says:

    Now that is really cool – I can see many applications for this when during workshops and professional development.
    thank you for posting this.

    31st October 2007 at 10:36 am

  2. Lynne Crowe says:

    Thanks for that. As a PC user this is just what I need.

    31st October 2007 at 4:18 pm

  3. Lynne Crowe says:

    Thanks for the link. As a PC user this is just what I have been looking for and best of all it integrates into Firefox.

    31st October 2007 at 4:20 pm

  4. Scott says:

    You can also try superscreenshot.com for taking screenshots of web sites.

    31st October 2007 at 6:17 pm

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