Skitch Love! Better Screenshots on the Mac
We love getting your ideas and feedback about Mento. When you want to share yours, head over to our forum at GetSatisfaction, where we’ll always respond and follow-up with you.
That said, we’re especially happy to announce a new Mento feature that was first suggested by Sascha, one of our earliest and most loyal users. Visit Sascha on Mento.
Today, we’re adding support for Skitch, the popular and awesome screenshot annotation tool for the Mac made by the folks at Plasq.
Adding screenshots to your Mento links has long been possible with our Firefox extension but since many of our Mac users prefer using Safari, we thought we could do better.
Get Started
- You’ll need to download Skitch (it’s free) if you don’t have it already
- Next, activate the Mento + Skitch feature and follow the short instructions to set-up your Mento account in Skitch
How does it work?
- Take a screenshot with Skitch (even add annotations if you’d like)
- Webpost it to the Mento account you created in Skitch
- Open the Mento Box as usual and we’ll add your screenshot to that link
The super-awesome Sascha, who suggested the idea, made a short video to show you what that looks like:
We hope you’ll like this new feature! And remember: your great ideas could soon be part of Mento, too. Share them with us today and please keep the feedback coming!
Thanks Sascha!
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