Type | Name | Platform | Version | Price | URL | Remarks |
Screenshot | Snapz Pro X | Mac OS X | 2.0 | 69.00 USD | http://www.ambrosiasw.com-/utilities/snapzprox/ | A 30-day trial version can be downloaded |
Conclusion |
Snapz Pro X can make a screenshot of the entire screen image, objects on the screen such as windows, or areas of the screen image. The programme offers a high degree of flexibility, among other things the option of choosing archiving format, scale, frame, colour palette, and a preview of the screenshot before archiving. The archived web pages (of which parts are visible on the screen during archiving) are viewed correctly. |
Recommended settings |
The programme is activated (standard) by pressing (shift + apple + 3), after which you can choose to photograph either 'Screen', 'Objects', 'Regions' or Movies (see test of the programme's ability to record web pages ). After choosing the desired cropping, double-click and the screenshot is archived. |
Archiving speed | |||
Archiving time (min) | File size (MB) | Archiving speed (MB/min) | Degree of presence required |
Not tested | Not tested | Not tested | Not tested |
Test details |
Tested by: Bo Hovgaard Thomasen Tested by archiving: http://www.dr.dk/kroniken Speed test carried out by archiving: http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/html/nyheder/baggrund/tema2003/krise/index.jhtml |
The following have been evaluated according to the following scale for the number of archived elements: 0=none, 1=few, 2=average, 3=most, 4=all
Structure | |||
-a | 3 | -aa | |
aa | Cascading Style Sheets | 4 | The archived material appears as defined in CSS. |
Page composition | 4 | Elements are correctly positioned on all archived web pages. | |
Background | 4 | All backgrounds are archived | |
Pop-up-windows | - | Pop-up windows are only archived to the extent that they are present in the foreground of the screen image. | |
Archiving of all the desired web pages | - | The parts of a web page or pages present in the foreground of the screen image are archived. Often it is only possible to archive part of a web page. | |
Movement between elements in the structure | |||
Link | 0 | aa | |
Print/writing | Textual link | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. |
Pull-down menu | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. | |
Formulas such as login | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. | |
Image | Animation | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. |
Graphics | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. | |
Photo | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. | |
Moving images | 0 | Links not active, the archived material is a static snapshot. | |
Link target | 0 | aa | |
Print/writing | Text | 0 | Links not active, therefore link targets are not archived. |
Image | Animation | 0 | Links not active, therefore link targets are not archived. |
Graphics | 0 | Links not active, therefore link targets are not archived. | |
Photo | 0 | Links not active, therefore link targets are not archived. | |
Moving images | 0 | Links not active, therefore link targets are not archived. | |
Other | - | aa | |
Sound | a | 0 | Links not active, therefore link targets are not archived. |
Automation | 0 | aa | |
aa | Automatic redirection | 0 | Automatic redirection is not archived |
Movement in elements in the structure | |||
Automatic + inherent | 0 | aa | |
Print/writing | aa | 0 | Movable print/writing is not archived |
Image | Animation | 0 | Animation is not archived. |
Moving images | 0 | Moving images are not archived. | |
Banner ads | 0 | Banner ads archived only as static snapshots | |
Sound | Background sound | 0 | Sound is not archived |
Banner ads | 0 | Sound is not archived | |
Automatic + online | 1 | aa | |
Print/writing | Chat as reader | 2 | Print/writing is archived only as snapshots. |
Image | Moving images | 0 | Moving images are not archived, as the archived material is a snapshot. |
Sound | aa | 0 | Sound is not archived. |
User intervention + inherent | 0 | aa | |
Print/writing | Archived chat | - | Not tested |
Mouse-over | 0 | Mouse-over text is not archived | |
Quizzes | - | Not tested | |
Clickable maps | 0 | Clickable maps are archived, but are static | |
Image | Non-streamed image (such as slide show, clickable map) | 0 | The archived material is a snapshot. |
Games | 0 | Games are archived only as snapshots. | |
Quizzes | 0 | Quizzes are archived only as snapshots. | |
Clickable maps (w. zoom or activation) | 0 | Clickable maps archived, but are not active. | |
Mouse-over | 0 | Mouse-over images are correctly archived and active | |
Sound | Non-streamed sound (e.g. activated in games, quizzes, etc.) | 0 | Lyd arkiveres ikke. |
Mouse-over | 0 | Lyd arkiveres ikke. | |
User intervention + online | 0 | aa | |
Print/writing | Chat (as participant) | 0 | No user intervention. The archived material is static. |
Polls | 0 | No user intervention. The archived material is static. | |
Test-yourself | 0 | No user intervention. The archived material is static. | |
Image | Streamed images | 0 | No user intervention. The archived material is static. |
Games | 0 | No user intervention. The archived material is static. | |
Sound | Streaming (both archived and live) | 0 | Sound is not archived. |
Non-movable elements | |||
aa | 3 | aa | |
Print/writing | aa | 4 | All print/writing is archived correctly |
Image | aa | 4 | All images are archived correctly |
Sound | aaa | 0 | Sound is not archived |
The test was carried out by graduate student Bo Hovgaard Thomasen during the period from July- December 2004, and its premises and main results are explicated in the text Test of software and strategies for micro-archiving websites.
Note: We do not have the resources to offer technical support or other advice on the use of the tested archiving programme beyond what can be found on this web page.
