Sharex: puush was simple useful and fast. puush is now "pain and agony" (for 90% of puush-ers)
If you can do something, it does not mean you have to push it in users face.
UX? Have only one simple short context menu. Move everything else to the "Settings..." window.
Do not overload "screen capture experience" with "oh yes we can do this too" features ...
When capture is done and uploaded, do nothing: just a ping sound is enough ( icon can show some animation but only when ticked in setup)
UX is the problem. The engine is fine of course.
DBJDBJ
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As soon as I make that context menu shorter, there will be issue spams in GitHub asking me to add those stuffs back (I know that because everytime I try to remove something to simplify UI people keep becoming unhappy about it). Not everyone have same opinions as you. Just because you prefer simple context menu does not means everyone would prefer it too. Actually people keep asking me to add more stuffs to that context menu and I keep declining their requests and then users becoming angry to me just because I didn't add what they requested.
If you mean by "do nothing" is not showing preview in right bottom corner then you can hide it or even change how it gonna show up like balloon tip or customizing how preview gonna show etc. By default users prefer to see preview.
So point is impossible to make everyone happy because everyone have different tastes about what is good UX.
Jaex
on 11 Nov 2016
@dbjdbj i completely agree, but once you have things setup there should be no reason to deal with the bad UX. take a few minutes to learn things and set them up and go on with your business.
or find another products which offers the simplicity you're after.
peppy
on 11 Nov 2016
@peppy @Jaex we are in agreement, and I think you can sense we might be in the same "business" too .
and yes we are now hitting the big issue of open source projects: funding.
We all know this is solved with staged delivery , properly staffed UAT team, an little army of UX testers and a such.
But. One can always see what is available. A good example that will help here to clarify what it excellent UX comes from a well funded team behind Avast. I think this is what I am talking about.
DBJDBJ
on 11 Nov 2016
i wouldn't have switched to providing sharex as the official puush client if you had to deal with configuration on a daily basis.
it's setup-and-forget. just spend half an hour getting things how you want it then forget. the UX is definitely improving as time goes on, so there's that.
peppy
on 11 Nov 2016
ShareX is 5000% times more powerful than the Puush client ever was, (or any screen capture software on the market for that matter) so don't complain because you can't make sense of it. It is a screen capture software on steroids but I agree that some things could be better organized or named.
oxysoft
on 20 Nov 2016
Instead of trying to defend ShareX why not think of a way to make everyone happy.
Tools > Preferences > Functions > ...
Function A Enable â–ˆ Disable â–ˆ
" "
and so on...
Why people in general can't realize a better way is beyond me.
Aaeon
on 9 Sep 2017
what are you trying to do? if you have more information we may be able to help.
peppy
on 9 Sep 2017
I'm a puush user and I simply don't like the bloated menus of ShareX like most puush'ers.
There is a way to make everyone happy without altering ShareX's core functionality.
Aaeon
on 9 Sep 2017
I mean the UX isn't perfect, but once you set it up you don't need to use the menus again.
peppy
on 9 Sep 2017
That's the problem, you don't need to setup Puush. So where's a setup guide?
Aaeon
on 9 Sep 2017
@Aaeon Where's your problem? if you dont like sharex, just dont use it?
Use the "old" puush uploader and have ur' old puush. If you dont need any "extra" function of sharex (like gifs), you wont miss anything..
http://puush.me/dl/puush.exe
@All Why aren't you just happy with what you get, using puush? Ok - With the downloadlink from the homepage you get sharex, but you get unlimited space for your images, not an single ad, you can even manage and delete your stuff like you want and you get these thing all for FREE. - Just be happy with that and invest that f*ckn' 5 minutes in setting up ShareX, like you want it, or search and install the old puush uploader...
btw: Not even one of the ShareX contributors is the "evil guy" which made puush using sharex. It was puush's decision not their.
xSamagon
on 16 Sep 2017
@Aaeon + 9 others (20NOV16) are the sign of discontent. I repeat: ShareX is fine. UX is the problem.
DBJDBJ
on 16 Sep 2017
I just want to point out that the solution is that the user gets to decide what is and isn't in the context menu, and preferably you'd get something like a guided tour on first setup.
Gatreh
on 1 Apr 2019
Instead of trying to defend ShareX why not think of a way to make everyone happy.
Tools > Preferences > Functions > ...
Function A Enable â–ˆ Disable â–ˆ
" "
and so on...Why people in general can't realize a better way is beyond me.
You can't setup a new puush account any longer. Installing puush.exe won't do you any good unless you already have an account. You are also unable to export anything ever again.
What I was trying to point out here is, YES there is a way to make everyone happy. You as the developer has to make that decision, if you decide the user interface is better when you move something then do it. Options that are moved to make the user interface more organized is a good move. Better than having features removed entirely.
To make Puush users happy you could create a menu in preferences called functions with an enable or disable function. I have already setup the hotkeys to work like Puush but there is a major issue here. Everytime I goto grab a region this huge crosshair graphic appears that is simply a graphic and doesn't have any useful information except for the coordinate read out above the selected region, upon committing to the desired region there is this loud sword clang followed by a loud keyboard note with a preview of the selected region.
What the hell is this lol, I mean c'mon seriously?!
I would really love to disable that huge floating graphic next to the cursor while selecting a region.
I would really love to be able to change the sounds or disable them entirely.
Aaeon
on 5 Apr 2020
All of the things you mention are settings you can already adjust.
peppy
on 5 Apr 2020
Can you please share how! thanks
Aaeon
on 5 Apr 2020
Sorry, @Aaeon, I am leaving .... this is a waste of time ...
DBJDBJ
on 5 Apr 2020
turn off sound (two options):
turn off crosshair (and "huge floating graphic"):
peppy
on 6 Apr 2020
Thanks Peppy those settings are quite buried and hard to find.
Is there anyway to replace the sound when capture is finished uploading/copied to clipboard with the sound from Puush? I personally find that sound way more unobtrusive.
Aaeon
on 6 Apr 2020
I'm sure you could replace the file, or open a separate issue asking for customisation over that.
peppy
on 6 Apr 2020
https://i.imgur.com/Ueov5cD.png
It's already been requested and removed it seems.
Aaeon
on 6 Apr 2020
Oh, it's already a thing. Doesn't look removed? Is it not working for you?
peppy
on 6 Apr 2020
Aaeon
on 6 Apr 2020
Peppy that screenshot is of the same area on my screen and the option is not there.
Aaeon
on 7 Apr 2020
Because you turned off the sounds?
peppy
on 8 Apr 2020
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As soon as I make that context menu shorter, there will be issue spams in GitHub asking me to add those stuffs back (I know that because everytime I try to remove something to simplify UI people keep becoming unhappy about it). Not everyone have same opinions as you. Just because you prefer simple context menu does not means everyone would prefer it too. Actually people keep asking me to add more stuffs to that context menu and I keep declining their requests and then users becoming angry to me just because I didn't add what they requested.
If you mean by "do nothing" is not showing preview in right bottom corner then you can hide it or even change how it gonna show up like balloon tip or customizing how preview gonna show etc. By default users prefer to see preview.
So point is impossible to make everyone happy because everyone have different tastes about what is good UX.