How to Use the New Firefox Killer Screenshot Tool
If you don’t often take screenshots of your computer screen, remembering the keyboard shortcuts to press can be more confusing than convenient. If you hate keyboard shortcuts, the new Mozilla Firefox Quantum browser makes it incredibly easy to record what’s on your screen thanks to the built-in Firefox Screenshots service. It syncs wherever you use a new browser and is smart enough to help you figure out what you’re actually trying to grab.
The Firefox Screenshots service not only allows you to capture what’s inside your browser window, but it can also capture an entire web page from top to bottom, even if it’s not visible on your monitor. You can also capture sections of the screen suggested by Firefox itself, saving you the hassle of wasting time cropping your image.
How to start syncing screenshots
To sync screenshots wherever you use Firefox, you need a Firefox account. You can do this after loading your browser . Just enter your email address and password and choose to use the simple Firefox import tool to enter your personal and browsing information from the browser you used previously.
Click the Page Actions icon (three dots) in the address bar and click Take Screenshot. Your browser window will be dimmed and you will have the option to save the entire page, only the visible part, or view snapshots that have already been taken. You can click and drag to select any part of the web page you want, or you can click the paths Firefox suggests as you navigate through various elements on the page.
You can save these captured images locally or in your Firefox Screenshot account . The screenshot tool is currently not working when you are using Firefox in private browsing mode, although Mozilla says it is working on a fix.
In practice, Firefox screenshots can save you time. I am partial to collecting funny tweets and comments from friends, and I have more than one folder for screenshots, both humorous and utilitarian (there are quite a few recovery code images there). Capturing them required third-party software, reassigned key commands, and other techniques that seemed surprisingly difficult for something so simple. The fact that Firefox screenshots allow me to either share or save my images without the need for a third-party app or keyboard shortcut is a plus.