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I'm glad the writer is enjoying Firefox, but posts like these make me realize we've forgotten how to use computers.

Built-in screenshot tool? "You don't need to install extensions"! Really? Dude just press Print Screen, it even works outside a browser, if one day you have to be put through the unspeakable torture of using a native application! Single-use burner emails are also nice and all, but why exactly does this have to be linked to my browser?

Of course switching browsers it's gonna be a big deal, when you actively walk out of your way to lock yourself to your browser's "ecosystem", but better Mozilla than Google I guess.

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Firefox’s screenshot tool is a little more advanced than Print Screen. [0]

There are situations where it’s really useful to be able to capture the entire web page and not just the visible viewport.

[0]: https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/how-to-capture-...

This is great. I wish I could add a clock to it somehow. This would be super useful for auditing purposes.

Fair point, but I highly doubt that this is how it's used most of the time. And taking 20 screenshots and compositing them in mspaint can be a meditative experience.

I would put money on it being the most common use case. It's certainly the reason I installed a screenshot extension for Chrome. I like the nod towards humour you've added at the end there, but it's probably time to cash out your chips and accept your losses.

Moreover, Firefox makes it super easy to screenshot individual elements on a webpage, such as photos, by automatically determining the screenshot boundaries, which means I don't have to manually drag the screenshot area.

It seams to have a maximum length. If you try it on this page, it won't capture the whole page.

I see what you mean, but that tool allows you to take a picture of the entire vertical length of the page. You can't easily (i.e.: with one click) do that with the print screen key.

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