@ericaetelson Thanks for the warning! I have this but haven’t used it yet. It’s leaving now. I also have a brand new laptop.

Thanks for the warning…can you recommend another program?

@ericaetelson, I have to agree with @rlmosca, I’ve used jing for over a year now and haven’t had any problems either.

When you say it “wreaked havoc” on your computer, to what exactly are you referring?

@warrenveach @rlmosca @juleswebb I’m glad you haven’t had problems.  It behaves like spyware on my computer and, when I googled, I discovered that many people actually consider it spyware, whether this is TechSmith’s intent or not I have no idea, but on some systems it seems to do the kind of damage spyware tends to do — slow things down and make certain feature inoperable. There’s even a program out there specifically for uninstalling Jing and then repairing the damage it’s done. In short, my computer was jinged!

@ericaetelson

I use FireFox and i have found a screenshot plug-in on their site called, “Awesome Screenshot”.

I have started using it and am really liking the results. It allows you to make comments, insert graphics and choices in what format to save your shot.

It seems to be a good alternative to jing, although it doesn’t make videos.