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MS Paint is here to stay

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Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by toast0 »

wvenable wrote: post #27
opdahl wrote: post #11

What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will…

I think it's a good thing that Microsoft is reducing the size of their base OS and decoupling many of the apps from the Windows release cycle. It definitely does, however, feel like the end of a era.

I'm not sure I would consider paint at the forefront of bloat, given that the base OS runs in the tens of gigs. I wouldn't be surprised if the default background image is larger than mspaint.exe. To say nothing of the store apps they auto install for you.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by aphextron »

opdahl wrote: post #11

What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will…

>What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available.

Completely agreed. This is basically Microsoft officially confirming that yes, MSPaint will be gone from Windows. Seems kind of senseless.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by pjmlp »

randomString1 wrote: post #17
vosper wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

On the other hand, rather than continuing to bundle software almost noone uses, they move it to an accessible place for people who want it. What more do you want from them?

> On the other hand, rather than continuing to bundle software almost noone uses, they move it to an accessible place for people who want it. You mean like the 20 UWP apps that I can't uninstall because they made everything intertwined on purpose? Don't bother trying to link some random PowerShell/GPO/registry hacks because I know about all of them. It always breaks something (varying from release to release) > What…

I was able to uninstall everything I wanted to.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

#44

Post by kccqzy »

[deleted] wrote: post #37
opdahl wrote: post #11

What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will…

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Preview can do all of these things you mentioned.

Resize? Tools » Adjust Size…

Add a circle or line? Command Shift A

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by copperx »

[deleted] wrote: post #37
opdahl wrote: post #11

What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will…

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Your comment is off-topic; that's why you're being downvoted. But the app you're looking for is called Skitch.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by wvenable »

toast0 wrote: post #41
wvenable wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think it's a good thing that Microsoft is reducing the size of their base OS and decoupling many of the apps from the Windows release cycle. It definitely does, however, feel like the end of a era.

I'm not sure I would consider paint at the forefront of bloat, given that the base OS runs in the tens of gigs. I wouldn't be surprised if the default background image is larger than mspaint.exe. To say nothing of the store apps they auto install for you.

It's not necessarily the size of the executable but rather that it's another executable the part of the build and test process of the base image.

Pinball had to be removed for this sort of reason.

Re: MS Paint is here to stay

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Post by schindlabua »

Schlaefer wrote: post #30
opdahl wrote: post #11

What is, and has been great about MS Paint is that no matter what Windows machine I have been on, I know that I have had it available. No matter if it's my old grandma's computer, if I have needed to quickly do something simple with an image, MS Paint has always been there for me. Now that will no longer be the case. If I have to download and install it on the computer before I use it, then what is the point? It will…

There will still be a Paint on every Windows machine, it's just Paint 3D instead of MS Paint from now on. And yes, Paint 3D allows to manipulate 2D images as MS Paint did.

Yeah it's funny. Had they branded this ordeal "Paint gets an upgrade" instead of "Paint gets replaced" nobody would care.
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