FireShot

BrainKing's bug tracking system was improved many times in the past and its current feature set makes the bug fixing process much easier due to the fact that it automatically provides important information, like the page when the problem occurs, user's web browser type and operating system, etc.

However, it is still not sufficient in some special cases, and it would be great if a screenshot of the problem page can be easily captured and attached to the bug as well. And that's the reason why I write about FireShot extension today.

It is a cool and easy to use Firefox add-on which allows you to make a screenshot of the current page by a simple click. But it's not all, of course. You can open the generated image in your favorite image editor and make some changes (write notes etc.), save it to your disk, upload to a web server for free, or email it just after capturing.

The last two options would be the right ones for enhancing a bug report - you can either provide a link to the uploaded screenshot image or email it directly to fencer@brainking.com. But I prefer the first choice.

And there is one more great functionality of this tool - you can capture either a visible part of a web page or the entire page at once, as a one long picture. Just have a look at the BrainKing home page screenshot which I have created a while ago. It is a perfect way to make outstanding presentations of your web site, without a need to capture a part of a page, then scroll down, capture another part, paste them together, capture another part, etc.

One last thing - I think this extension works on Microsoft Windows only, which is a bad news for Mac or Linux users. But hopefully this issue will be addressed in the future.

Where to get it: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/5648

Or visit the FireShot home page: http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/