Browshot blog
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Aug 7, 2012
We have added the Nexus 7 tablet to the list of mobile browsers you can use to take screenshots. That bring the total number of mobile browsers available in Browshot to 16.
We have also rolled out a number of improvements over the week-end. We managed to bring the average screenshot duration from 15 seconds to just 8 seconds! The biggest gains have been made with mobile browsers. We have also increased our general reliability.
We have made improvements to the front-end as well. The dashboard should feel more responsive.
We now offer private servers for high volumes of screenshots (up to 10,000 per hour). Don't hesitate to contact us for more information.
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Jul 11, 2012
Our service provider in Australia has scheduled a maintenance window on 07/15 between 6am and 6pm. The Australian instances will be down for 1 hour during this period.
Don't hesitate to contact us of you have any question.
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May 18, 2012
You can share screenshots directly from your dashboard, or using the new /screenshot/share API call.
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| Share a screenshot from your dashboard |
A new public page is created for each screenshot you want to share. You can add a note to your screenshot as well.
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| Screenshot shared |
Here a a couple of examples:
The list of screenshots you shared is available at the bottom of your dashboard, under Your shared screenshots.
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Apr 30, 2012
You can now buy Browshot credits without using PayPal. We have added a payment form to use your credit card. The transaction is handled by a reputable third party.
We do not store any credit card information. These information are not send to our server, so they cannot show in any log. It is 100% secure.
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Apr 27, 2012
We can now host and server your thumbnails and screenshots. We offer 3 types of hosting: Amazon S3, CDN, and Browshot. We also introduce a new thumbnail API.
S3 hosting
We can upload thumbnails and screenshots into your S3 bucket. You need to set up the ACL to let the Browshot account write files into your bucket.
CDN hosting
You can serve thumbnails from a CDN powered by GoGrid. Check out the map to see the where the CDN nodes are present.
Browshot hosting
We can provide affordable bandwidth and storage on our server, with images available over HTTP and HTTPS.
Please contact us to enable any of the 3 hosting options for your account, and for pricing information.
New thumbnail API
We have a new API call to retrieve thumbnails that is consistent with the other API calls. The old way of getting screenshots still works, and is still fully supported.
We keep improving our services on many levels as well. We have made screenshots much faster and even more reliable for both desktop browsers and mobile browsers.
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