It may be saner from a coding standpoint - but not for the user. To
grab a
shot of a specific area is enormously useful when documenting programs.
Yes, you can shoot the entire screen and then edit it in The Gimp. But
why the extra step?
That I agree about entirely - and eog/gqview dont have any 'capture'
functionality so you can do it with one step...
bugs.gnome.org 8)