well now I can always have a place to paste print screen :)
MS Paint is here to stay
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Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#182This thread shows clearly the negativity around everything Microsoft does, especially if you compare to other technology companies. Apple deprecates some API or removes a feature? "It's the future, you have to adapt, etc" Microsoft deprecates a toy program made 25 years ago, but still offers the option of downloading it for free? "How dare they, I want it in the base install, etc"
Apple deprecates some API or removes a feature? "It's the future, you have to adapt, etc" Microsoft deprecates a toy program made 25 years ago, but still offers the option of downloading it for free? The reason a lot of people, including me, chose MS instead of Apple (or now, Google) is because of their reputation for backwards compatibility.
That's also a huge problem with SaaS (e.g. Google docs): the software can break even while using it. In that respect, even Windows 3.1 was actually much better.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Additionally you can't download apps off the windows store unless you sign up for /into a Microsoft account, which is a much bigger pain than simply downloading the first app you find searching on Google. Also my corporate windows 10 laptop has the entire window store and modern app infrastructure disabled, meaning I would not be able to access MS Paint.
You totally can. This is a misconception. And it has been that way for a long time now. Everything that is free can be downloaded without account.
Not if the entire App and Windows Store system is disabled per corporate policy and/or firewall.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#184Earlier quoted context omitted.
Bloomberg chat, the Slack of LIBOR fixing.
With a handy built-in evidence trail complete with time stamps?
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#185This thread shows clearly the negativity around everything Microsoft does, especially if you compare to other technology companies. Apple deprecates some API or removes a feature? "It's the future, you have to adapt, etc" Microsoft deprecates a toy program made 25 years ago, but still offers the option of downloading it for free? "How dare they, I want it in the base install, etc"
Apple deprecates some API or removes a feature? "It's the future, you have to adapt, etc" Microsoft deprecates a toy program made 25 years ago, but still offers the option of downloading it for free? The reason a lot of people, including me, chose MS instead of Apple (or now, Google) is because of their reputation for backwards compatibility.
Yes that's a good point. Apple and MS clearly have different values when it comes to OS development. Microsoft favors compatibility, at the cost of having to maintain legacy baggage; Apple favours simplification and streamlining, at the cost of compatibility. I'm glad both companies exist and can see value in both approaches.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#186Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hopefully they continue by removing: Candy Crush, "Get Office", Minecraft, ... and all other trash that gets installed by default.
When that "Get Office" thing first popped-up, I was sure my PC was infected with malware and came to the brink of formatting my hard drive. Later came the random console pop-up from the automatic WSL updates [1] and then I did panic enough to actually format all the things but that's another story. [1]: https://github.com/Microsoft/BashOnWindows/issues/841
The random console popups give me the jeebies! I still don't know what causes them. Never had such things on older Windows/Lenovo machines.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#187they should have found better way to go viral. I am not motivated to use paint3D. people using MSpaint are also be able to use MSexcel to paint.
It's been used not because microsoft produced minimal tool made huge impact! actually the other way around!
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
just use paint 3d, I just tried it out, seems a simple enough replacement for most simple editing tasks
If MS can do something worse that MS Paint, is MS Paint 3d.
Paint 3D is actually a decent app. I think people are going to hate it by default though.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
Additionally you can't download apps off the windows store unless you sign up for /into a Microsoft account, which is a much bigger pain than simply downloading the first app you find searching on Google. Also my corporate windows 10 laptop has the entire window store and modern app infrastructure disabled, meaning I would not be able to access MS Paint.
This is also true for the App Stores (Mac, iOS, Android), all of which require you to make an account before even using it - Mac might still be an exception, but only barely.
All the official ones on commercial platforms, maybe; fdroid on Android works fine with no login, for instance, and GNU/Linux desktops have the equivalent in package managers.
Re: MS Paint is here to stay
#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is my problem with Windows 10. It is no longer an operating system it is an advertising platform.
It's both. Having ads on some apps doesn't make it not an OS anymore. I won't deny it's an advertising platform, just like android or ios or television or radio or the internet. And while it's equally annoying on all those media/systems, it doesn't lessen their or usefulness
Not sure iOS belongs on that list.