How screenshot capturing should be implemented

[Emerald Thales]

At the suggestions of a few others im creating this forum with a link to my windows phone suggestion:

Screenshot button on multitask screen

In a nutshell, when you bring up the multitask screen there should be a camera icon below it to capture screenshot

 

[sinime]

Idk, maybe cause I'm used to it on other platforms, but start button + camera button makes sense to me.

 

[jfa1]

sen both ideas to MS to give them input from customers.

 

[sinime]

I think they know, even if this is just a rumor... http://m.windowscentral.com/rumor-windows-phone-8-have-native-screenshot-capability

 

[scottcraft]

Power button plus home button works pretty well on my rezound and the iPhone. I can even take screenshots of my lockscreen.

Sent from my Rezound

 

[anon(5344611)]

The idea is nice, but I have some doubts: if multitasking (fast app switching) isn't implemented correctly, you might lose work or be taken to another page after you resume the app. Another one is, if you're in a game, and want to get a precise scene or animation, it'd be really difficult to keep hitting back and resuming until you get it right.

Start + Camera has its benefits, but I can already see it launching TellMe or the camera app by accident. Since all Windows Phones have a two-step camera button, I think a better combination would be half-step Camera + Start (tap, not hold), making it possible to take many screenshots in sequence, and impossible to start another task on accident.