Comments on: Skitch for Mac Gets A Menu Bar Helper

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:14:57 +0000

Go to Skitch’s old home page (skitch-dot-com). There’s a small link to download the old version under the row of stores.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 03:13:03 +0000

Go to Skitch’s old home page (http://skitch.com). There’s a small link to download the old version under the row of stores.

By: Aram

Aram — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:40:18 +0000

@Brendan: “moving without the need of a move tool are awesome additions.”
I’m of the opposite opinion, and that was what made me switch back to Skitch 1 as soon as I began to edit an image in v2. I absolutely hate it when I try to, say, drag an arrow close to other objects that I’ve drawn in Skitch and end up moving those other objects instead of starting to draw the arrow.

Also I miss the ability to resize the exported image by dragging the handles and holding down shift to draw straight lines.

By: Jolomero

Jolomero — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 00:13:45 +0000

Thanks for this tip. Will be using Monosnap instead.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:27:22 +0000

Do you know where I can download version 1.x?

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:26:49 +0000

Very Helpful, Brendan. I sincerely hope they listen…

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:23:00 +0000

My thoughts exactly…

By: DMK

DMK — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:20:55 +0000

Hm, looks like the new update isn’t much better than the original version 2: still crippled and useless. I’ll continue to use version 1.x—which I use every single day—until I find a replacement.

By: Brendan

Brendan — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 17:15:22 +0000

First, I’d like to say, I do like some of the improvements made in 2.0+.

1. Automatic Evernote syncing is useful, and I like having my snaps backed up somewhere.

2. Resizing of added embellishments and moving without the need of a move tool are awesome additions.

3. Blur tool is a fantastic addition.

I’m glad that the menu bar helper has returned, but here are some things I’d like to see next.

- Bring back transparent black and the paint bucket tool so that I can dull the background of my snaps quickly, like such. http://cl.ly/image/2e112K3r1b2V3f1h1s02

- Separate the size adjustment from the color palette, and move these out of the toolbar.

1. I initially the size adjustment was lost, only to accidentally discover it while looking through all of the rest of the tools.

2. The color palette and size adjustments are not tools and don’t belong in the toolbar. They allow you to set attributes of the current tool, and as such should be moved elsewhere in the interface.

Here’s a quick mock I made. http://d.pr/i/s7zW

- Bring back the magnifying glass around the crosshair snapshot… This was immensely helpful for grabbing exactly the area I wanted.

- Please remove the dialog that pops up after I take a snap. Of course I wanted to snap the area I dragged out, and I shouldn’t have to click to confirm that.

On that note, why would I want to resize an image at this stage? Moreover, why offer me the resizing if you don’t respect me typing in a value? So far, anytime I’ve used this feature the app either ignores my values when I hit capture, or crashes. This feature just gets in the way of what made Skitch simple in the first place.

- Bring back the ability to drag a URL to the menu bar for a full screen snap.

- Bring back FTP/SFTP upload. When I said I like to have my snaps backed up, perhaps I liked them on my own domain.

I’d hate to see Skitch, a killer app that I sued daily, become useless and get thrown away.

By: D Werner

D Werner — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 15:10:39 +0000

We’re out as well – with no direct link sharing this becomes no more useful than a basic screen grab that’s already native to Mac.