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Anyone2863
New member
Status: New idea

the idea come from @briankrebs actually:

"When you do screenshot things for your records/files, include the full address as shown in the URL bar."

https://twitter.com/briankrebs/status/1566801691755925507

 

I towuld be nice if Firefox screenshot tool would do that, especially for full page screenshots:

either display the URL 

  • in the title
  • or in the picture itself
  • or as meta data into the file
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Status changed to: New idea
Jon
Community Manager
Community Manager

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Anonymous
Not applicable

If you are fine with having it in the filename, maybe this:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/save-website-as-image/

can help.

S2000
Making moves

Metadata is a must, and perhaps there should be a checkbox to add the URL on the picture itself.

sfoster
Employee
Employee

I've filed bug 1789900 to track this. Its an interesting idea. We try to make bugs detailed and actionable, so I probably need to eventually split that out into the 2 proposals: including URL in the PNG metadata, and layering URL on top of the image itself.

The metadata idea is probably less complicated, but also a much more niche use-case I would have thought? As some/most software doesnt show this metadata to the user, we would probably need to include that somehow in the Screenshots UI, or at least clearly set user expectations - to avoid any surprises.

I've added a note in the bug about including the URL in the filename we create. I think that is covered by bug 1768547

Adding the URL to the image itself brings us ever closer to the requirements and expectations around printing. Are screenshots the new printed pages? While very different technically, the uses cases for both do seem to converge. Figuring out how to align or potentially combine these 2 distinct product features will be a significant challenge - but might be a useful way to think about both.

IC_Europe
New member

hi, was this request/idea to integrate the URL in a firefox-generated screenshot considered? is there now a way to capture the URL in a firefox generated screenshot? THANKS

sfoster
Employee
Employee

Yes, it in our backlog, we are tracking this as bug 1789900

gioisco
Strollin' around

It is a great idea!

I had the same idea and I discovered this post.

It would be great to include url on top or on bottom of the screenshot.

When the screenshot is included in a documentation, showing the url, can help people to understand where the screenshot come.

1 kudos for this idea 🙂