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Install the add-on and you're given FireShot creates a tiny menu on your navigation toolbar that gives quick access to full-page and visible area capture functions. It does a great job at rendering pages, even those with Flash animations. Support for saving as PNG, JPEG, GIF, and BMP is built-in, as well as exporting to just about any editor.
What really sets FireShot apart, though, is the integrated upload feature. Select it, and you can resize your image on-the-fly and post it to FireShot's free image hosting repository with minimal effort. If there's one feature that helps sell a piece of software to us, it's how much time and effort we can save by using. FireShot makes putting browser screencap online so easy we almost feel lazy doing it. Almost.
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Subscribe to commentsFred ThompsonJul 1st 2008 11:37PM
I use FireShot and prefer it to the other screen grabbers for Firefox. The full-sized Amazon preview pages won't capture properly, though. The intermediate covers can be captured with the Greasemonkey script "AmazonBookCover". Flash-based stuff is just a lot harder to capture.
FreezerJul 1st 2008 11:45PM
Sounds like a lot of nifty features, but nothing that's going to make me switch away from Screengrab! (http://www.screengrab.org/)
coffeemonkJul 2nd 2008 8:30PM
Sounds like a great plugin, but it's currently Windows only. Didn't see that mentioned in your post or tagged that way, so thought you might want to point that out.
Lee MathewsJul 2nd 2008 8:34PM
Well spotted, that's why we love our readers! Take note, everyone!
Prof. Michael StollJul 2nd 2008 8:35PM
... if you're into macintosh, Page Saver Basic & Pro could be your choice.
Lee MathewsJul 2nd 2008 8:35PM
Thanks for the tip - I don't have a Mac, or emulate one, so I appreciate the info!