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I had to switch to a Windows machine at work. Its default screenshot-maker is launched via win-shift-s, and it copies the shot to the clipboard. What I was surprised to learn is how many communication programs now support "copy and paste an image into a message" - I thought maybe it was a Teams flex, but Gmail and FB Messenger also support it.

It's interesting because, programming wise, that's a pretty complicated thing to support. I think they are quietly taking the raw/base64 data, quickly uploading it, getting a file reference, and then putting a tag with the image in the WYSIWYG content.

I have to put it on my Startling Technology list - stuff that really impressed me when it came out, like Google Maps slidey tiles, youtube letting anyone upload video, ChatGPT+Dall-E... not quite as exciting as those but still.)