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It's free. :)


In this version, no. But you will be able to do this in the next one.


We won't disappoint. :)


I know, it is. We're shortening it with the next version. :)


Well, it doesn't limit you to clipping in safari for one.

And even if you only clip in safari, it's not that seamless of a process with selecting the area and all.


The concept is a bit different. Snappy is not a screen capture app, it's a tool for referencing info between screens. But granted, it does it by taking a snapshot of a portion of the screen.

Snappy is designed to be seamlessly used, not a feature packed app. It's an extension to the OS.


It's going to be free forever. The image on the website is a bit old from when we wanted to charge for it.

It will have in-app purchases in later versions, but the basic version is always free.

Sorry for the confusion.


Glad you like it! Funny thing, "I didn't know i needed this" is the most common feedback we get. :)

Resizing is on the list, although it will impact the image quality if you resize up. On the same list I have making the window transparent so you can see content below it.

Not sure if I understand the second one. Do you mean quit Snappy after closing all snaps? (it's quietly sitting in the top bar)


With that being the most common feedback you get, I would highly recommend adding some good use cases to your landing page to tell people why they should want to use it.


Will do. New website coming up v1.2. Thanks!


Thank you for the feedback! The first point is planned for 1.2 which i hope to launch by years end. It also has annotations and more sharing+storage options. Plus iCloud with an iOS app so you can access the snaps on the phone. As for CMD+Q, you're right, it needs quit protection - added to list for 1.2.


CMD+Q is intended to quit: that's what CMD+W is for (for closing the current window).


Yes, but it's standard for apps to ask for confirmation before quitting if there's reason to think the user might not really mean it e.g. there's unsaved data or unfinished operations.


I know you know, but for those who don't: it _was_ standard. Apple nowadays promotes applications to autosave and restore windows with their content at startup.

I think an utility like this should follow that strategy.


Exactly, it prevents breaking context by switching windows back and forth to access a piece of information. Tiling is, of course, another way to solve the problem. I prefer snappy because i can extract the exact piece of information i'm interested in, for example a portion of an image or a paragraph of text, instead of the whole thing.


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