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How do apps that image web pages work?

This isn't really a technical question so I apolgoise if I ruffle any feathers!

How do sites like these image web pages in different browsers? i.e. litmusapp.com

Thanks all

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Abs Avatar asked Oct 28 '09 20:10

Abs


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I've found how-to's on using a custom build of the webkit(safari,chrome,etc) engine to generate PNG screens. Mozilla also has a bitmap buffer than can be copied and converted to PNG. There are addons you can download and view the XUL source code. For a utility, I wold lean toward a command line build of webkit or similar for rendering. It's open source and not terribly hard to do.

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Brenden Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 14:10

Brenden