Skitch

haha. great one, jeem.

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Wha?! Only people with one finger can beta it! Damn, leaves me out.

Chris - It was unfortunate we ran out of time and couldn't add Flickr to ImageWell 3 before it got released. It's still right up there on the list of features to add.

Being a small developer and wearing multiple hats, it feels like we always have many pots heating on the stove and there are always 2 pots that are ready to boil over - looks like that flickr pot is about to go.. :)

(I was secretly hoping an enterprising *nix programmer would notice that all our export functions are written with tcl/expect scripts and email us out of the blue and say - hey here is a tcl/perl/python/ruby script to upload to flickr - I guess I can only dream :)

Hagen Kaye
XtraLean Software
Maker of ImageWell with Flickr support coming soon...

I heart ImageWell, too. Flickr Uploading - nice I guess, but that's what Aperture 1.5 + plugin is for. I wouldn't use it on images I actually post to Flickr. I guess some people put up screen grabs, but then you'd need a place to enter metadata, etc. Feature bloat IMHO.

ImageWell is invaluable for blogging, though. It's focused, capable and simple. 3.1 is interesting but I'm starting to see a lot of bells & whistles creep in that aren't really needed.

... heart ImageWell, but it would have been great if you guys added Flickr uploading.

Hagen -- you should have added Flickr upload like I asked during your ImageWell beta! Plasq listened and now I'm using Skitch all the time!

I still

Move over ImageWell for a new love? That just makes me sad - poor ImageWell :cry:

I often wondered when someone else would come up with an image editor with built in FTP, etc., I guess I no longer have to wonder when :)

Anyways competition is good, looks like we'll have to put out ImageWell 3.1 quicker then we thought :D

Hagen Kaye
XtraLean Software

What I'd like to see is a screenshot app that can capture a single window *with alpha channel* — that means pixel-accurate window edges and shadows — and save it into an image format such as PNG which supports transparency. It'd eliminate the need to ever worry about your backdrop. I'm well aware that Snapz can provide "imitation" borders that simulate your window sitting on a white background (unless you're using ShapeShifter, then you're hosed), but this would be the real deal.

I talked with the Plasq guys today at the stand, and apparently the interface is a very contentious subject.

They are all aware that it does not follow the HUD guidelines, but the HUD guidelines apparently don't cover apps that behave like Skitch. Skitch sits on top of other currently running apps, and allows you to see and draw on the app running bellow it. The frame that you see is really that - a frame that frames the content below. What makes Skitch so amazing is that you can draw in this window which is a transparent view of whatever is below it, then drag the contents of the window and drop it on another app - like mail to email your annotated screenshot. Its very Mac like in the way it uses drag and drop, and its incredible ease of use. Unfortunately all this is wrapped up in something that looks like a particularly bad Win XP app. Thankfully they are still in private beta, so the more people who make comments to their marketing guy, the more likely it is that things could change.