Code review comment for lp:~albaguirre/unity8/add-screenshotter

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Alberto Aguirre (albaguirre) wrote :

> Albert, the reason why this works is really because application surfaces are
> just normal QQuickItems inside the shell. It does only screenshot the shell
> window with whatever the shell paints, in this case also the application
> surface items. I think this is ok as it really only works inside the shell
> application but not from other apps etc.
>
Right!

>
> But the other question I have is if we really want to have such a thing in the
> product. I imagine people hitting up + down accidentally all the time. Do we
> really want them to make screenshots without even knowing? This doesn't sound
> like being something I would want to have enabled in a final product. Instead
> I think this should be done properly through some ui element, maybe in the
> developer mode options.

From the bug/feature request I don't think they want a developer option...it's for users to share screenshots of their phone to social media...

As for accidental bumps of the keys...maybe I can just disable screenshotting when screen is off?

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