Swoop v0.1.5

More reliable on two monitors

• Print Screen freezes the monitor your mouse pointer is on, whichever window is active. Swoop now reads the pointer the moment the capture starts, so a busy moment in the app can't make it fall back to your main monitor.
• If the pointer is off every screen, Swoop picks the closest screen instead of the main one.
• Tested on a 125% and a 100% monitor side by side.

Swoop for Chrome is unchanged apart from the version number.

Updating from 0.1.4: just run the new Swoop-setup.exe. It closes Swoop, installs over the old version and keeps your settings.

Install

• Chrome and Edge: unzip swoop-chrome.zip, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.
• Windows: run Swoop-setup.exe. It installs for you only, with no admin rights. The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux and Mac: coming soon.

Nothing is uploaded, anywhere. https://mhfrough.github.io/swoop/

Swoop v0.1.4

Looks right on Windows

• A sharp Swoop icon everywhere: the app, the installer, the taskbar, Start and Explorer, drawn at every size Windows uses (16 to 256 px).
• Proper details in Settings → Apps and the file's Properties → Details: publisher mhfrough, a link to the Swoop page, the description and the copyright.
• The Swoop page now has a standard favicon.ico too.

Updating from 0.1.3: just run the new Swoop-setup.exe. It closes Swoop, installs over the old version and keeps your settings.

Install

• Chrome and Edge: unzip swoop-chrome.zip, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.
• Windows: run Swoop-setup.exe. It installs for you only, with no admin rights. The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux and Mac: coming soon.

Nothing is uploaded, anywhere. https://mhfrough.github.io/swoop/

Swoop v0.1.3

Fixed

• The colour picker in the desktop app showed empty circles. The colours are back.
• A little more room at the ends of the editor toolbar.

Updating from 0.1.2: just run the new Swoop-setup.exe. It closes Swoop, installs over the old version and keeps your settings.

Install

• Chrome and Edge: unzip swoop-chrome.zip, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.
• Windows: run Swoop-setup.exe. It installs for you only, with no admin rights. The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux and Mac: coming soon.

Nothing is uploaded, anywhere. https://mhfrough.github.io/swoop/

Swoop v0.1.2

Print Screen is your choice

• New Print Screen opens Swoop switch in the settings window and the tray menu, on by default.
• On: Swoop takes the key, even from the Snipping Tool or Lightshot, and turns off Windows' own Print Screen setting (it remembers how it was).
• Off: Swoop lets go of the key and puts Windows' setting back. Capture from the tray icon instead.

Easy updates

• Running a newer Swoop-setup.exe now installs straight over the old version and keeps your settings. No more "uninstall first?" page, and a running Swoop is closed for you. The Finish page starts it again.

Also in 0.1.1: right-click menu, Save as PDF, rename by clicking the title, editor opens on Select.

Install

• Chrome and Edge: unzip swoop-chrome.zip, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.
• Windows: run Swoop-setup.exe. It installs for you only, with no admin rights. The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux and Mac: coming soon.

Nothing is uploaded, anywhere. https://mhfrough.github.io/swoop/

Swoop v0.1.1

New in the editor

• Right-click menu at the pointer: Copy, Save, Save as PDF, Undo, Redo, and Delete for the mark under the pointer. Works with the keyboard too.
• Save as PDF. A long page is split across A4-wide pages, so it prints well.
• Rename by clicking the title in the extension's editor tab. The name is also the file name.
• The extension's editor now opens on Select and move.

Desktop app

• Print Screen now works even when another screenshot app, such as Lightshot, holds the key.
• The installer shows the Swoop icon and artwork.

Install

• Chrome and Edge: unzip swoop-chrome.zip, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.
• Windows: run Swoop-setup.exe. It installs for you only, with no admin rights. The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.
• Linux and Mac: coming soon.

Nothing is uploaded, anywhere. https://mhfrough.github.io/swoop/

Swoop v0.1.0

The first Swoop release.

Swoop for Chrome: capture a whole web page as one image, then mark it up. Unzip swoop-chrome.zip, open chrome://extensions, turn on Developer mode and choose Load unpacked.

Swoop for Windows: run Swoop-setup.exe. It installs for you only, with no admin rights, and starts with Windows. Press Print Screen, drag over any part of the screen, mark it up, then press Enter to copy or Ctrl+S to save. The installer is not code-signed yet, so SmartScreen may warn: choose More info, then Run anyway.

Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage): coming with the next automated build.

Nothing is uploaded, anywhere. https://mhfrough.github.io/swoop/