Skitch

The Safari browser has some great things going for it. One of the aspects that we really love here at plasq HQ is it’s seamless interaction with the Skitch desktop application.

As you use Skitch more often, you may be continually surprised by the different things you can do with the application. A neat tip that we want to pass on today is the fact that you can use the ‘drag me’ tab to painlessly drag-and-drop images from Skitch directly onto the ‘choose file’ upload buttons of most, if not all, websites when you use the Safari browser to view the site.

Why is this so great? Well, just think about the old way of doing things…

THE OLD WAY

In the pre-Skitch days you needed to:
1) Create an image
2) Save it to your hard drive
3) Click the ‘choose file’ button in Safari
4) Browse your hard drive to find the image you just saved
5) Upload the file

How much time would this take you? Ugh… no thanks.

THE SKITCH WAY

With an image loaded in Skitch, all you need to do is:
1) Click and drag the ‘dragme’ tab, drop on the ‘choose file’ button
2) OK the upload process using the UI of the site you are uploading to.

How much simpler could it be? 2 seconds and you’re done.

EXAMPLES

Let’s say you attended an event that was organized via Facebook and now you want to upload some pictures of all your friends who attended. How to upload an image to an event page in Facebook using Skitch.

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Do you use Twitter, Pownce, Jaiku, or any of the hundreds of other sites that allow you to place an avatar into your account profile? Maybe you change that avatar every once in awhile? How to upload an avatar icon to your Twitter account using Skitch.

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

So go out and experiment with the sites that you use daily, we’re certain you can find many more ways to use the drag-and-drop aspects of Skitch to make your image uploading much less painful than in the pre-Skitch era.

Please leave comments if you find some nifty new ways to use Skitch.

Ok, you know how you like to Twitter all day long?

Well, plasq is super excited to announce My Twitter. If you use Twitter you will definitely want to check out the new feature, it let’s you instantly Tweet about any public image on Skitch.com.

First,  setup your Twitter account in the Skitch.com “Settings” page.

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Second, upload an image to Skitch.com, either as a public, or secret image.

Third, use the “Send to Twitter” box to send a message to your Twitter followers and the public Twitter timeline.

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Uploaded with plasq’s Skitch!

Why would you wait!? Check out My Twitter.