Advanced features for FireShot (one-time installation how-to)
Step 1
Click on the fireshot-chrome-plugin.exe below the flashing arrow to launch the FireShot Helper installer.
Step 2
Click on "Run" to run the helper installer:
Step 3
Confirmation. This page will re-load when the FireShot Helper has successfully installed. If you encounter problems, please contact us at contacts@getfireshot.com
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely! We have always treated the security of our 5.5 Million users very seriously. So you can rest assured FireShot is secure and trustworthy. FireShot has a 5-star rating on Chrome Web Store and more than 40000 positive reviews. The native code is also used for the FireShot extension for Firefox, and you can read customer reviews to make sure that FireShot is safe.
We are "The Best Free Google Chrome Extension" as claimed by PCMAG.COM
The advanced version of FireShot uses native OS calls to provide fast speed and reach functionality such as advanced GUI, automated copying to clipboard, silent saving to specified folders and many other features. Starting from September, 2014, such functionality can't be directly accessed from a Chrome extension anymore, so we need a helper process to talk between the Chrome extension and the rendering engine.
No. Chrome used to support a technology called NPAPI (the Netscape Plugin API) which allowed extensions to access local computer resources. The advanced version of FireShot used to use that functionality to provide better user experience. But Chrome removed NPAPI support, so we were forced to implement a new solution, and that solution requires a separate helper executable. From a technical standpoint, the only real change is that our code moved from an NPAPI .DLL file to a helper .EXE file.
Some versions of Chrome may still support NPAPI, and other products may still be using it. But they won't work for long because Chrome is removing that functionality, as you can see in this blog post about NPAPI. We work hard to ensure FireShot is up-to-date, secure, and works on all versions of Chrome, so we have dropped the use of NPAPI completely. We recommend you stick with the up-to-date product (FireShot) and not risk using an old product that will have compatibility problems and may have security issues that have not been addressed.
