What is screenshot feedback?

Screenshot feedback is the practice of capturing a screenshot of a website or design, adding annotations to it, and sharing it with the person responsible for making changes. It’s one of the most common ways non-technical people communicate what they want changed on a website.

The traditional screenshot feedback workflow

Take a screenshot of the page (full page or specific area)
Open an image editor or phone markup tool
Draw arrows, circles, or highlights pointing at the problem
Write a description of what needs to change
Send the annotated screenshot via Slack, email, or a project management tool
Wait for the developer to interpret the annotation and ask clarifying questions

This workflow is familiar to anyone who has worked with a developer on a website. It works for simple, one-off requests — but breaks down when feedback is frequent, involves multiple people, or spans different device sizes.

Problems with manual screenshot feedback

Ambiguity — arrows and circles can point to multiple elements. “Which button?” is a common follow-up
No tracking — annotated screenshots in Slack threads are hard to search and easy to lose
Single device — you see what you captured, not how the site looks on other screen sizes
No resolution workflow — there’s no way to mark feedback as “fixed” and track what’s outstanding
Time-consuming — taking, annotating, and explaining screenshots eats hours over a project

Moving beyond screenshot feedback

The problems above are real, but the fix isn’t a better screenshot — it’s skipping the static image step entirely. Modern website feedback tools like Simpl_Markup let you click directly on the live, interactive page across every device. A numbered pin is placed at the exact element, a cropped view of that area is generated for context, and every piece of feedback has a tracked resolution status. No capturing, no annotating, no jumping between a static image and the real page.