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Glassdoor claim to be able to screenshot web browsers as well. I didn’t know that was possible.
by mr_toad 8y ago
Glassdoor claim to be able to screenshot web browsers as well. I didn’t know that was possible.
- asudosandwich 8y agoOn iOS, apps can open a modal Safari webview instance within the app. Can apps screenshot what's displayed in Safari in that case?
- saagarjha 8y agoNo, there is no way to screenshot SFSafariViewController because it's rendered out-of-process in a way that no identifying information is conveyed to the host app. You can try this yourself: you'll see that your screenshot contains a blank navigation bar and toolbar, but nothing else.
- dopeboy 8y agoYou might have meant "Glassbox". As far as their claim, it sounds like marketing speak. My guess is they're listening to events and then superimposing them on the UI to mimic a screenshot.
- lwansbrough 8y agoIt’s possible to convert an entire HTML document in its current state to a bitmap using canvas and getComputedStyle (see html2canvas) though I don’t know if this is the method they use.
- polote 8y agoEverything is possible thanks to the MutationObserver that is now available on all browsers, except IE