Snapplr- No third step required.

The Snapplr app from Snapplr.com is one incredibly smooth piece of software.

-Briksoftware opens beta testing on Snapplr, the smartest way to take and share screenshots.

Snapplr extends Mac OS X’s native screenshooting facilities by providing a very easy way to instantly share screenshots on the Web via any Instant Messaging client or Mail.

The screenshots are hosted on Snapplr’s embedded webserver. This avoids problems caused, for example, by different instant messaging clients. Hosting on Snapplr’s website also bypasses any firewall or router/NAT problem.

Snapplr, by default, is operated exactly like Mac OS X’s screenshoting facilities, integrating perfectly in the user workflow. Unlike the system facilities, however, Snapplr provides an immediate way to share screenshots or mail them via a floating option panel which can operated both by mouse and by keyboard.

Just to give you an idea of how easy it is. I got that picture up there, onto the internet and into my website in less then 5 seconds. I kid you not. It’s nothing but well thought out, well written code and design. Its intuitive nature makes you wanna use it over and over.  It seems like it will be very useful for places like social networks and twitter where picture swapping and sharing is bigger then ever. The really cool thing about the Snapplr app is that it is incredibly lightweight and does not use system resources unless in use.

Supports OS X 10.4 and 10.5 – UB (PPC/Intel)

Read my latest review of Snapplr 1.0 Here.


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  • Taylor

    Skitch ftw.

  • http://freshmac.net ryan

    to be honest, GrabUp does all this without all the complication. All images are hosted on GrabUp servers. Heck, it even saves me bandwidth when posting screenshots to my site.

  • Luke

    What complication. I’m not trying to take sides but to me they seem to be the exact same but snapplr having a few more options. It’s very slick and you should try it out. They host the images too and it’s full of out put options but after you set it up it is really powerful while still staying out of your way unless your using it.

  • http://snapplr.com Michele Balistreri

    Hey thank you for the nice words about Snapplr :D

    Snapplr is indeed different from Skitch as it is more immediate (but of course, doesn’t allow editing) and is meant to be a complete replacement of Mac OS X’s embedded facilities. Even the same keystrokes works exactly like

    Snapplr is instead similar to GrabUp, but it has a many more features. We plan on releasing frequent updates as soon as we get feedback…one is about to come out already with a better wizard!

    @ryan indeed screenshots hosted by Snapplr are subject to expire (currently limit is 24 hours), so is not a good idea to put them on a website, they are thought to be shared instantly via IM or phone. The application can however also save to file, send via mail, etc…

  • http://freshmac.net ryan

    my comment did seem a little negative, I apologize, I didn’t mean for it to come off that way. What I meant was it seems like a lot of the extra stuff isn’t necessary if the images are hosted. With grab up, it takes a screen shot, hosts it on their site, and automatically copies the URL to you clipboard.

    Full disclosure I haven’t tried the software, though it is sitting in my downloads folder.

  • Luke

    You don’t need to apologize Ryan. It’s your right. And you weren’t even being negative. You were just making an observation :)

  • http://snapplr.com Michele Balistreri

    @ryan

    You should try it! There is not much complexity actually, and with Snapplr you can actually make screenshots of windows and screens instead of only areas (area is available as well) ;)

    Ah and of course, the “Web” mode works exactly that way: takes screen, uploads or move to local webserver if you didn’t insert login and copies URL into the clipboard (in both cases)