Snapshots

In a world where convenience has become an important pillar of online services, many developers have to choose between making their apps simple and light or complex enough for including as many features as possible.

Luckily, the open-source community is always on the lookout for problems in need of a solution, and for those who could use an instant uploading function for Windows’ built-in Snipping Tool, Snapshots’ minimalist layout and ease of use may be the right tool for the job.

Launching the app greets you to a simple layout designed with speed and ease of use in mind. The user can capture the entire screen, an open window or a certain area of the screen for instantly generating a screenshot that can be uploaded to the popular image hosting platform Imgur.

In order to easily share the resulting image, its link is directly copied to the clipboard for pasting into the messaging platform of your choice. Moreover, given the app’s portable format, those who are always on-the-go can add it to their mobile setup without having to deal with an installer.

Users can select in which folder screenshots are to be saved for neatly organizing them into categories if they so desire. For an even faster experience, the user can set the Print Screen keyboard button to trigger one of the app’s screenshotting modes to avoid launching the program manually. The app can be minimized to the system tray for easy access and continuously running in the background.

Finally, uploading to Imgur is completely optional, meaning that the application can be used completely offline for quickly saving screenshots to local storage. The opposite is also true, thanks to the ability of dragging and dropping any pictures of your choice to instantly upload and share their links, meaning you are not confined to using its screenshotting capabilities when uploading files.

If you have a messaging app that has upload speed issues or does not support sending images, Snapshots is a great, quick and free tool for instantly capturing your screen and sharing it online by uploading it to Imgur and copying the resulting link to clipboard.