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erronis

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3. Most of the embedded images in modern web pages are actually generated on reference - not fixed images.
Sun May 18, 2025, 10:54 AM
May 2025

So, what I do is capture the image displayed on the screen. In Firefox that is Ctrl-Shft-S and choose the appropriate area. Then I do a copy (into the clipboard) and paste the image into another web page that will store the image as a permanent JPG - I use https://imgur.com but there are others. Then I get the URL from that page and paste it into the DU post.

It's a 5-6 step process but it has almost become muscle memory for me. If I was ambitious I'd automate it with Selenium or some such web tool.

Let me know if you'd like me to write this up more fully and for other browsers.

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