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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

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Post by peterburkimsher »

omegote wrote: post #81

And built with jQuery. Yeah, I can feel the burn of those edgy react and angular devs...

I like JS Paint, because everyone is already familiar with the GUI and it should "just work" on any platform thanks to being a web app.

The problem with JS Paint for me is that it doesn't run in my somewhat old version of Safari; I had to open Chrome/Firefox just to test it. For something to really be universal, it needs to work on every platform, including non-jailbroken old iPhones and Macs with their default browser (yes, I'm making an analogy between Safari and Internet Explorer).

Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake

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Post by ygra »

NicoJuicy wrote: post #80
barbs wrote: post #5

I 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…

Does paint dotnet work on Linux through Wine?

I'd be surprised. Very old versions did work on Mono, but by now it has accumulated quite a bit of code that uses not only Windows Forms, but also WPF, Direct2D and possibly a number of other newer Windows frameworks which I'm not sure Wine provides.

Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake

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Post by ygra »

blt wrote: post #41

The UI and behavior is amazingly close to the real thing. But I cannot help but sigh when the brush tool lags more than Paint lagged on a 233 MHz Celeron. I really think this is an awesome project, but I am old enough (30) to remember fast performing GUI apps and I don't know if I'll ever "get over" losing them. edit: hopefully it is an inefficient implementation and not the inherent slowness of web apps.

Was very responsive and fast on my phone in Edge. Seems to depend more on the browser than on the actual hardware.

Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake

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Post by sfwwolvw »

barbs wrote: post #5

I 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…

shutter comes to my mind, I'm using it to annotate images and screenshots, it comes with a paint like edit modus (http://shutter-project.org/wp-content/uploads/key_feature_06...)

Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake

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Post by zingmars »

On Firefox there's noticeable lag, and non-straight lines look kind of weird (feels like it's trying to make non-straight lines out of bunch of straight lines).

On chrome there's no lag, but every time I draw something, all other elements I drew before change colour. At first to bright green, then they just fade to white as I draw more lines or whatever. As it is right now, it's definitely not a good 'replacement'.

Re: JS Paint – A web-based MS Paint remake

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Post by rangibaby »

pluma wrote: post #128
dingo_bat wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> actual editing feels very slow - painting something takes almost a second to update with the brush being very jumpy, reminding me using ZSoft's PhotoFinish on Windows 3.1 on my 4MB 386:-P. Works as fast as native paint on my laptop. What browser are you using?

Same here: no noticeable lag in Firefox on Ubuntu. I'm guessing Safari on macOS?

no problem with Safari+Macos here
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