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Many modern web browsers support screenshot functionality to capture screenshots without leaving the browser, but are these tools really needed? Firefox users right-click on a page to select the “take screenshot” feature of the browser, Edge users may right-click as well or active the Web Capture option from the browser’s main menu.
Google is working on a screenshot feature with editor that it plans to launch in future versions of the Chrome browser. Once in Chrome, it may become available in other browsers based on Chromium.
Capturing screenshots looks like a handy feature in a browser on first glance. It is integrated and ready to be used whenever needed without having to rely on third-party tools or functionality provided by the operating system.
Browser users may install extensions to get more options. You can check out our list of six popular screenshot extensions for Chrome as start. Critics of browser-based screenshot tools argue that there is no need for built-in tools, and that browser makers should instead focus on improving the core of the browser. All modern operating systems support screenshot functionality by default, and these tools can be used to capture better screenshots.
On Windows, users may launch the Snipping Tool from the Start Menu or with the help of keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots. Mac OS users may open the Screenshot tool using keyboard shortcuts or Launchpad to capture screenshots on their devices. Several Linux distributions, including Ubuntu, support native screen capturing tools as well.
Opening these tools is usually as easy as opening the browser’s built-in tool. Most are accessible via keyboard shortcuts for quick access. Besides that, there are numerous third-party screen capturing solutions that extend the basic functionality that these native tools offer. PicPick, for example, supports more screen capturing modes and a powerful screenshot editor. ShareX supports screen recording and text recognition, and uploading tasks right from its interface.
Browser-based screenshot tools are inferior when compared to these third-party solutions, and even the built-in operating system tools may have an edge on them, considering that you can’t use the browser tools to capture the full browser interface.. Some native operating system tools support additional capture modes, such as the option to capture delayed screenshots, which browser tools do not support as well. Screenshot capturing options are available on most systems by default, even without installing software.
They provide better functionality than browser-based screenshot tools, both in regards to capturing options and scope. Third-party tools extend this significantly by adding editing options and other functions to the process. Are the browser screenshot tools included for feature parity purposes, or are they widely used by users of a particular browser.
We don’t have any stats on the use of browser screenshot tools, and it is possible that users prefer built-in solutions because they are right there when needed. Many may not know that they may use the operating system’s screenshot tool as well for the same purpose. Browser screenshot tools are not needed in my opinion, as there are better tools readily available for the job. Now you: do you use the screenshot tool of your browser, or do you prefer other solutions?
Oh plz. Shut up. Screenshot in browsers are way more convenient than the OS tools. You can select one page elements without dragging, you can screenshot all page and it is in a distance of a right click. Wow Martin Brinkman who used to write incredibly useful things true powerhouse of insight this dude is utter silly opinion sad a. Yes use it all the time to share all sorts of ideas, travel, food recipes.
Cutting out all the ads and the annoying stuff Why not save the page as a PDF file if you need the info. Is there a scenario where a screenshot tool works better? The benefit of screenshots is that what you see on the screen is what you get. This was a useless read, browser-based screenshot told have very specific used outlined in other comments that cannot be done otherwise ….
Packaging web elements into a PDF is not always perfect and sometimes the end result can be completely borked if there is heavy use of javascript. One good example is trying to save any scrolling data from Zillow to a PDF. It just fails spectacularly. This is one scenario where using a screenshot tool to save the rendered viewport as one long image is better at preserving the exact layout.
Because PDF do not preview in imageboards and discord. Any scenario where you need to save a web page to pdf wont work on all web pages with custom inputs like checkboxes and radio buttons, it never prints the real state of said input.
Now built in OS screenshots are great for capturing a screenshot after a given period of time, like to open a menu and capture the area of the menu and surrounding area, you cant do that with a browser screenshot tool. So I use both depending on what Im doing or need to achieve. But like you said, this is AN opinion, your opinion to be exact, and everyone will either agree or not with that based on their experiences and usage cases. Could we live without a browser screenshot tool?
Yes, plenty. The 1 reason people take screenshots is to paste them somewhere, be it a chat application, a blog post, a note taking application, or a text document. A PDF file is completely useless at that, and requires the extra step of opening with a PDF editor most are paid or add watermarks just to copy what you wanted in an image file to begin with.
They both have a place, but the browser screenshot is awesome. Firefox screenshot tool is a different animal and can be very handy in some situations. The Windows screenshot tool is primitive and a vast waste of ressources, as MS tools often are. Your article barely makes any sense.
Who are you? Are you impersonating Martin? I use digital planners to keep up with my days. But i also like to make it look nice so I go to sites that have free PNG files and will screenshot a picture instead of downloading it because downloads eat space quick for me and my pictures go directly to my online storage whereas pdfs just sit in my memory.
Yes, pictures are way more convenient than pdf. For example, I can download them directly into a Mastodon Posting or my Blog. I Sometimes want to take a screenshot of the whole page of Pipedream to share how a Program works.
Or it only saves part of the page. Or none of it. You get a flat tire. You have a spare tire and a lift to lift the car and change the tire. Known technologies. Like a PDF writer. But something happens. Something is wrong with the lift. You brought the wrong model of tire. You might not even use it at all. This whole argument is no different than asking why some people carry Swiss army knives when they go camping.
You might not ever even take it out of your pocket or backpack. I find the screenshot useful too. I used to use PrtSc capture, then paste into my graphic editor, crop and save. I like this feature and use it a lot. I have not been impressed with add-on screen savers, many of which compete to add bloated feature lists. I think FF has pretty much nailed the right mix of built-in features.
Get a image bigger than my screen with all page content was a revolution to me. In many situations get a PDF is not the best solution because the page is redrawed and the closed ads are openned again.
I agree that It should be a extension or addon but the fact is that a simple tool in core develop do not restrict the Dev team to improve other parts of the application. No, please. Martin — why would you want to bring PDF into this at all? Would add nothing but complexity, more software, confusion, size, and limited compatability while attempting to do the exact same job as the browser screenshot tools. Your whole point was that the functionality exists in the OS and, if you want to get fancy, third party market.
So you want to add PDF to the mix? I prefer to print the website, print it and the take a photo with my mobile phone. Then I email the photo back to myself and then paste into a word document. I use the built-in screenshot tool in Firefox to save full pages of the Terms and Conditions before availing a cashback discount rebate or other financial transactions.
In case an issue arises, e. It has helped me a few times with purchases made on Amazon. One could argue that no one needs a browser-based PDF viewer either since programs are available which have more features. TBH the native OS snipping tools have traditionally been rather crappy.
Ditto all Microsoft programs. The reason they go in is Marketing departments. However it beats the 3rd party screenshot tools mostly onthe option to save a whole web page; i. My elderly mother switched from Firefox to Brave and instantly missed the screenshot tool.
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Like everyone else, I am on the web because I have had my fill with their stupid pop ups! This is beyond frustrating! Same problem. And I totally agree with your opening sentence. One could argue that no one needs a browser-based PDF viewer either since programs are available which have more features. TBH the native OS snipping tools have traditionally been rather crappy. Ditto all Microsoft programs. The reason they go in is Marketing departments. However it beats the 3rd party screenshot tools mostly onthe option to save a whole web page; i.
My elderly mother switched from Firefox to Brave and instantly missed the screenshot tool. She didnt have the skills to search out a 3rd party alternative. So… yes I guess some ppl find built-in tools useful. She copied pics from the web to word docs for later use.
What is necessity? Pertinence, frequency of usage, percentage of users? What is necessary in a browser? Browsers screenshot tools, at least considering Firefox, handle PDF printing of an entire page but not an image screenshot. Firefox Screenshots collects event data in a manner consistent with the Firefox Browser Privacy Notice. We collect this data to learn how people use Screenshots so that we can make it better for everyone.
You can view all of the events that we capture in this document. I am unsure whether modern AV and malware detection tools even scan browser extensions. From that point of view, having built-in page screenshot capabilities is fine. Compared to OS-based tools such as the Windows Snipping Tool, they have significant advantages: 1 can capture full pages and 2 being aware of the document structure, can snap capture borders to div edges for more symmetrical captures.
The Firefox screenshot tool has been a godsend. Integration puts it always at hand in a convenient, logical place. Having a screenshot tool built into the browser is more discoverable and convenient for the vast majority of users. Too many ways to achieve the same thing confuses people. I think having a screenshot tool within browser overweighs the advantages one may get by not having it. A screenshot tool is very useful and i use it often. Saying no one needs a screenshot tool is an elitist comment disguised as an opinion.
Fully agree with the point of this post. Browser developers tend to burden their product with all kinds of irrelevant, even redundant features — instead of focusing on essential ones. I myself always use the system screenshot function: there is nothing wrong with simplicity. The interesting part as always is, when copies of your browser screen are made and sent elsewhere without the human in front knowing… same as java script spy functions while most concentrate on cookies, if at all.
Why bother adding it to the browser? There are lots of browser extensions to do this. Instead, focus on what a browser really needs and let people decide what other tools they need.
I am agnostic on the matter. Same here. I like firefox built-in screenshot feature because is able to automatically detect and select HTML page elements. So, for instance, imagine you want to capture just a part of the page, like a menu or something, it does pretty easily. Many standalone screenshot programs pretend to do that, but I have yet to find one where the feature actually works.
I also use the Single File extension when I need to keep a fully-functional html file, not only an image. I can print to pdf, but that takes an awful lot of clicks. I think browser developers should have their own extensions for extra functionality and upon first launch, these extensions should be presented so the user can choose if they want to install some of them and later on if they want something else, to have an easy way to find them and install whatever extension they need.
All the while the base browser is completely bare-bones, not even offering tracking or adblock or popup block protection, which are also optional extensions provided by the browser developer. Firefox lets you do that in Inspector mode, and Edge has the same. Four clicks in total! Chrome is just miles behind here.
Last I checked, it had nothing. Not a fullpage capture, not a viewport capture. You could print to PDF, not save! Windows screenshot while easy, it is not the same because it will take the screenshot of everything and if you think people are super tech people that will know how to crop and do stuff like that, then again, that makes you an idiot who really have no idea about people around you or care because you feel special and then people should know what you know.
Just that should make your case that browsers with screenshots are okay, especially the ones that offer to have screenshots of whole pages and stuff. Last time someone had to take a screenshots of an article he wrote for a website that seems to be getting blocked by the criminals parasites of European politicians, so the guy to show his article without having to write like 50 tweets, then he took screenshot of the whole article.
Did he use screenshot in a website? I doubt it, he even probably used his phone and the screenshot feature, but someone in a computer would have an easier time doing it if they know their browser supports a simple feature. Are you going to keep making these type of useless opinion articles? IMO snipping tools are useless in browsers indeed. Then in Firefox I have extensions. However, what I think is useful in some cases is the ability to screenshot a specific DOM element.
So if I need to screenshot some big element that is bigger than the screen, then I use the Inspector devtool. I could not disagree any more than this. Not only are external screenshot tools inadequate for the task but they are cumbersome for such a job. Whilst I can appreciate where you are coming from given that all the current screenshot extensions available are vastly inferior to the ones from the past I still firmly believe that extensions can be and will be better if they are developed correctly or it can be done under the inferior webextensions system.
Forgive me it has been many years now perhaps over 10 years even used to be great to name a few but as far as the current ones go then yes they are woeful and hardly ever work successfully. Even the top ones such as Nimbus and Awesome Screenshot are terrible.
I have tried ShareX and it fails to capture a full webpage or stitch it together correctly not to mention it being very cumbersome and inefficient. At one point I tried to edit Screengrab! Btw that old screenshot extension that had some sort of memory in my mind of a gorilla came to me last night in bed. It had a logo of a gorilla emerging from the jungle. It was pretty cool and I felt as though it pushed other developers to do better also whilst adding similar features of this extension.
People using a browser want to capture something on the screen so they use the simple to use browser screenshot. Firefox snapshot feature is very handy because it can capture the full webpage and not only what is shown on the screen. Firefox is used on linux quite a lot, and in certain setups the os screenshot tool might bot work, or might be hard to use.
Also there is the use case of screenshotting a dev tools webpage at a super high resolution. This is mainly useful for saving a large map. FastStone Capture which I paid for a long time ago works better than all the in-browser or OS tools and it does not call home. In some cases you want a quick grab-and-share without having to worry about people having a PDF reader installed or not.
Often times when printing to PDF it is broken or janky in and does not preserve the look. Over 30 of computing, I never felt the need to use a browser screenshot tool. I always used the Snipping Tool or Paint. Take a screenshot of a specific element part of the page when certain conditions are met for general debugging not all amateur web designers can or care to blow double the money on a Mac that they can buy a PC for. Do most people need them?
Regular users should have easy access too though I do agree that the rendering engine is way more important in general. Good question s. As others have said, definitely some use cases for screenshot tools in browsers. Both are awful. Probably, but to have the software versatile and flexible, to allow you to do whatever you want to and giving you options is such important for me.
As a user that jump between Firefox and Brave. The in-built screenshot tool in Firefox is absolutely brilliant for me and I use it many times every day in different situations. Of course the screenshot is useful. Everyone finds it useful.
Why was this article even written? Must be having a slow day. Respectfully I disagree with the convert page to PDF. I try to use PDF files as little as possible as they are nowhere near as efficient or as flexible as image files. Convert page to PDF tend to pucker up the image on the stitch up too which is similar to ShareX and many other tools, heck even extensions are inferior these days and have that problem from time to time on full webpage capture.
Regardless nothing beats an image viewer to which there are an abundance of free and great choices that are perfectly versatile and easy to use.
A lot of what we do happens inside the browser. This is why Google bet, and won, big on the Chromebooks. Personally, Firefox Screenshot had two things that made it completely unique and uniquely useful: Capture elements, and an upload that would auto-delete in 14 days. The latter feature was more of a nice-to-have, since it meant that I could share images easily, and not have to worry about them being around forever.
Sadly, that feature has since been removed. Currently, I use Flameshot. I ended up with Flameshot because it directly addresses some of the weaknesses of the other options, while only having a very minor downside lack of being able to capture a window.
In my case, I encountered a situation where I needed the ability to capture a screen, and have it automatically saved to a specific location, and this happening without a delay. You would have to use another tool to edit the screenshot to add text. You can use paint. You can also paste the screenshot into Word, etc. I like the PicPick screenshot tool because it includes a decent editor for adding text, shapes, arrows, etc.
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Save the document to your hard drive. Right-click the icon for the file and then click Properties; in the Properties window, click Unblock followed by Apply. After that, you can open the document without Word forcing Protected view. If it still doesn’t work, depending on the type of protection applied to the document, see if Design mode has been enabled.
Turn it off on the Developer tab on the ribbon. Thank you for the suggestion. I’m unable to find any ‘Unblock’ option in the properties window. Also, the design mode symbol in the developer tab is greyed out I’m sure it’s just something really obvious argh! Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 2 people found this reply helpful.
What does the button look like, exactly? If it has background shading rather than being greyed out, it may indicate that Design Mode has been activated. The following example is an activated Design Mode button from Word , and you will not see exactly the same in Word