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JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
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Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#12I haven't used Windows as a primary OS for years. I miss having MSPaint around for small edits, and have yet to find a suitable replacement. Other apps either have too few features (e.g. Preview) or too many (GIMP), or the interface doesn't feel right. It might just be because I'm used to it after using it for years when I was younger, but MSPaint's interface just makes sense, and it hits the sweet spot of features f…
Have you tried mtpaint? http://mtpaint.sourceforge.net/
mtPaint has pretty poor usability compared to MS Paint.
ReactOS has its own Paint, I wonder... it may be simple to compile it through winelib, or just run it directly via Wine. That'd be a pretty quick and legal way to get a functionally-identical clone.
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#13I haven't used Windows as a primary OS for years. I miss having MSPaint around for small edits, and have yet to find a suitable replacement. Other apps either have too few features (e.g. Preview) or too many (GIMP), or the interface doesn't feel right. It might just be because I'm used to it after using it for years when I was younger, but MSPaint's interface just makes sense, and it hits the sweet spot of features f…
> I see there's a Chrome app, but the link is broken (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dgfedgcofbjmeohonb...)
I think Chrome apps were deprecated a few weeks/months ago.
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#14This is amazing! Thank you for sharing this
+1
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#15Where is crop? To me, the most valuable tool in MS Paint. What? Did you think I used it for “drawing with a bar of soap?”
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#16Neat, there's a multi-user mode: http://jspaint.ml/#session:test
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#17The most valuable thing to me about MS Paint is the ability to print screen, CROP the largely extraneous material, and post, embed, or transmit the result.
Where is crop? I am not interested in the drawing with a bar of soap aspect. At all.
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#18The most valuable thing to me about MS Paint is the ability to print screen, CROP the largely extraneous material, and post, embed, or transmit the result. Where is crop? I am not interested in the drawing with a bar of soap aspect. At all.
For what it's worth, Irfanview's generally a better solution for quick cropping:
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#19The most valuable thing to me about MS Paint is the ability to print screen, CROP the largely extraneous material, and post, embed, or transmit the result. Where is crop? I am not interested in the drawing with a bar of soap aspect. At all.
Try monosnap: http://monosnap.com
Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake
#20The most valuable thing to me about MS Paint is the ability to print screen, CROP the largely extraneous material, and post, embed, or transmit the result. Where is crop? I am not interested in the drawing with a bar of soap aspect. At all.
This does a lot: https://getsharex.com/ The workflow is based around print screen, crop, and then add any optional processing you want.