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Saving Clips: A Problem

The screengrab add-on I've been using with Firefox so I can archive clips is suddenly incompatible with Firefox. I haven't found anything to match it for Safari or Internet Explorer -- that is, something that will save complete screens as jpegs or pdfs. I don't use Chromium, but I could easily download it and start using it if it has a good screengrab. What do you use?

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Permalink Reply by Maralyn D Hill on December 12, 2011 at 6:31pm

On my MAC, I use command, shift and 3, and it takes a shot. Fortunately, not difficult. I lost the same Firefox one you did. I've also started saving the urls in a draft on my gmail--addressed to me. Of course, if the url goes dead, one is out of luck. I like having the clips both ways, but not totally organized on that issue.

Permalink Reply by Ed Wetschler on December 12, 2011 at 9:58pm

For some reason, Maralyn, command, shift and 3 doesn't work for me. It used to work, but even then, it wasn't capturing the entire page -- only the part that was visible.

Permalink Reply by Ed Wetschler on December 12, 2011 at 10:03pm

One other question, Maralyn: Is your MAC saving these screengrabs as pdfs, jpegs, pngs, or webarchives? Thanks again.

Permalink Reply by Maralyn D Hill on December 12, 2011 at 10:10pm

It saves them on my desktop without a category and I move them into iPhoto and save as jpegs.

Permalink Reply by Ed Wetschler on December 12, 2011 at 10:15pm

That sounds like the best and simplest solution I've seen. Still, I can't wait until screengrab and the new Firefox are compatible again. Many thanks, Maralyn.

Permalink Reply by Comphoppers on December 12, 2011 at 6:41pm

Did you recently upgrade to a new version of Firefox? I reverted back to an older version of Firefox as I encountered compatibility problems with the newer version.

Permalink Reply by Ed Wetschler on December 12, 2011 at 9:59pm

Yup, that's exactly what I did wrong.

Permalink Reply by Maralyn D Hill on December 12, 2011 at 6:51pm

I went to the new version and don't like it. I'm using Safari most of the time instead.

Permalink Reply by Ed Wetschler on December 12, 2011 at 10:00pm

Irene, I'm assuming that PDF trick work on PCs rather than MACs; is that right? And/or which browsers?

Permalink Reply by Ed Wetschler on December 13, 2011 at 7:11pm

Aha! Very good. Thank you.

Permalink Reply by Allan Lynch on December 12, 2011 at 7:19pm

Maralyn - Thanks for your tip. I just did it and yippee, it works. I love simple solutions!

Permalink Reply by Maralyn D Hill on December 12, 2011 at 7:31pm

That is great Allan. I felt so empowered the first time as it was easy. I like easy.

I can't take credit for figuring it out, I asked my long time friend and webmaster, Timothy Lack.

I was working on another project and he told me of a great program. I said, "I don't want another program to learn, I just want an easy solution." So, he provided the answer. I'm lucky to have people like that in my life.