Awesome Screenshot for Safari 1.5

Taking screenshots isn’t exactly rocket science on mobile devices, iPhones included. Even so, that doesn’t mean there aren’t ways to make things better, easier and more efficient.

That’s where Awesome Screenshot for Safari comes in. Fans of the web browser designed by Apple might already be familiar with this particular app since this is a translation of a tool desktop users have loved for a long time now.

The app doesn’t just allow you to take screenshots of the web pages you visit via Safari, but also choose what portions of the screen to capture, make annotations, crop, draw and so on.

Quick how-to

Once the app has been installed, you have to open Safari on your iPhone, tap the Share button and go to the “More” option from the second row of commands. There, you’ll find that you can enable various features, depending on what apps you have installed. One of them is “Screenshot,” which you’ll have to pick and slide the knob to the right, until the green light is on. If you want to have quicker access to this feature, you can always move it up a notch by long-pressing on the entry and dragging it to the location you want it in.

The first thing you’ll have to choose is whether to capture the entire page or only the visible area. Once you’ve made your pick, you gain access to a series of options, including crop. You can add rectangles, ellipses, arrows and lines on the screen, picking one of the ten colors available. It’s also possible to add in a freehand drawing, text or to blur the sensitive areas of the pics, especially when email addresses and passwords are involved. Taking a step back is always possible thanks to a dedicated button.

When everything meets you expectations, you can copy, share or save the image to your phone.

Extra points for usability

The app is extremely simple to use and doesn’t really require a lot of experience with similar tools or even an extremely tech-savvy user since it’s all pretty intuitive. What’s more, it’s all extremely safe since you don’t have to log in for this tool, create an account or allow it access to your personal information, apart from the Photos area if you want to save the screenshot to the phone.

Overall, this is a really cool tool that will serve all of you who like using Safari on their iPhones. There’s also a dedicated iPad app, and that’s always a big plus for any developer.

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