generate browser window screenshot

Question

i have to work with multiple pages (tabs) at once and need to see how the different pages look like at any one instance. is it possible to take screenshots of open tab of Firefox/Chrome through Javascript?

Answer 1

On Chrome, use the Aviary extension: if you require programmatic access, you could fork from the said extension to provide an API.

There is also the captureVisibleTab tabs function available through Chrome extension: it does all the work (almost ;-) for you.