March 2026 Work Log (Patreon)

Hi again! This is everything I worked on during the month of March, including updates to Just the Browser and Snappy, a new episode of Tech Tales, work on ImageShare, and more.

Snappy

I haven't talked about Snappy in a while, but it's my web app for automatically capturing screenshots on an interval, like AutoScreenCap. Thanks to all the screen capture features built into modern web browsers (primarily for video meet use cases), Snappy can capture your screen, individual windows, or other browser tabs.

This month, I rolled out a few minor improvements to the interface design, including updated drop shadows and a new explainer section to replace the FAQ. It now looks a bit more like Link Cleaner.

I also added initial support for capturing from a camera source—you can try it out by clicking the camera button next to the 'Select window or screen' button. This feature might be helpful for creating time lapses from attached webcams, or taking screenshots of virtual video devices (like the OBS Virtual Camera or NVIDIA Broadcast).

I'm still not settled on an interface design for Snappy, especially since it would now be helpful to have a camera source dropdown menu and other controls. Something closer to a camera app design might be more intuitive, but I'm not sure yet.

Just the Browser

I released Just the Browser v1.3 in March, with some improvements to the installation script on Linux and macOS. Notably, the Mac version no longer filters the main menu based on which browsers are currently installed.

There's not a reliable way to check for installed apps on Mac without additional permissions, or wrappers around AppleScript code, so now Mac users just see all the options.

I also made one minor change to the website: the installation commands now always point to the current version (the 'main' branch) instead of a pinned commit or version number. The pinned URLs allowed people to easily check the script and know that it wouldn't be modified before they run the command.

Unfortunately, several websites that covered Just the Browser copied those commands with pinned URLs instead of linking to the site's home page. That means anyone finding the project through those sites would be stuck on an old (and possibly buggier) installer version. If running scripts with admin access makes someone nervous—a completely reasonable position—they can download the script before running it or use the manual guides.

ImageShare

ImageShare, my web app for transferring images and video from low-end and legacy web browsers, is still working well. In March, the developers of the NetPass project for the Nintendo 3DS spun up their own hosted ImageShare server. For 3DS systems set up to use NetPass 2.0, clicking the image share buttons in games like Tomodachi Life will automatically redirect to their ImageShare server. That's pretty cool!

Meanwhile, I'm slowly making progress on the next ImageShare update, which will be primarily focused on code cleanup and bug fixes. The app is written as a Node.js server application, and given all the recent NPM supply chain attacks, I'll be focused on removing (top-level) dependencies and other security enhancements. ImageShare has not yet been impacted by any serious security vulnerabilities, and I'd like to keep it that way.

Tech Tales

Tech Tales is back! This month, I was joined by Joe Fedewa and Zachary Wander to talk about the 2025 film Tron: Ares. You can listen on SoundCloud, YouTube, or any podcast app.

There should be a regular tech history episode coming in April, but that depends on guest scheduling.

The Spacebar

I published my complete Samsung Galaxy XR review in March, the virtual reality/augmented reality headset from Google and Samsung. It's the longest single article I've written in a long time at 4.6K words—brevity is the soul of wit, but there's just a lot to talk about!

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