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What would be the best way to create a firefox plugin for taking desktop screenshots?


I need to create a firefox plugin that allows a user to take screenshots of any part of their desktop and have them uploaded to a server. There seems to be lots of plugins for screen capturing a webpage, but nothing for capturing anything outside of firefox. So after a little research I have not found much information on how this might be possible. I don't want to resort to a using a java applet but I will if that is my only option.

Does anyone have advice on how I might create such a feature?

Thanks


Solution

  • Doneskis baby check it out: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/nativeshot/

    Got some quirks. Released it as v1.0 though. I'm working on Android support, pretty close. I need to flesh out the editor tools. Please let me know if you're willing to collaborate.