My knee-jerk reaction is the same - all the major OSes now include screenshot tools by default, and for more detailed/advanced requirements there are good 3rd party applications. It doesn't make sense for Firefox to try to compete with those. However...
What is the use-case? Is the screenshot image needed for some application that only accepts JPEG? Or is the page subject composed of photographic-style imagery better handled by JPEG?
Thanks, this is a timely suggestion as this is one of the aspects we are looking at with a rewrite of the Screenshot feature. The proposed implementation does indeed use an alert, but having a "don't notify again" option is something we'll consider.
I'm curious why you would prefer a .jpg vs. a .png for a screenshot? The PNG format/compression tends to be a better fit for most web page content. JPEG is lossy and does a poor job of representing crisp edges needed for text and lines on a page. The...
Thanks for posting this. It feeds into an ongoing discussion we've been having about screenshots and the use case of capturing and archiving content viewed in the browser, where an image format wouldn't be the first choice given other options.The oth...
