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Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by iaskwhy »

mercer wrote: post #49
sjwright wrote: post #25

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It's not paint but Preview.app can crop, edit and annotate screenshots. A handy tip is to include control in the Mac screenshot keyboard command (e.g. ⌘⇧⌃3) to have the output piped to the clipboard instead of a file. Then in Preview.app, File > New opens the contents of the clipboard in a new window. While I'm at it, ⌘⇧4 (and ⌘⇧⌃4) lets you interactively select an arbitrary region. Also ⌘⇧4–Space (and ⌘⇧⌃4–Space) le…

Is there a Preview.app equivalent for Windows these days? It was one of my favorite new tools when I switched to Mac back in the day, because for windows I had to download special 'see all types of files + basic editing' programs.

Not really, no, but Chrome supports some files: pdf, txt, images... View mode only, obviously.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by rainbowmverse »

rbanffy wrote: post #89
willyyr wrote: post #32

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On Windows 10 try: WIN+SHIFT+S to get instant screen clipping and paste it to e.g. Twitter or whatever.

And it only took them what? 30 years?

They had an issue with abusing monopoly power, once upon a time. It's only recently that people stopped coming at them with torches and pitchforks every time they added a feature found in third-party apps.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by rockinghigh »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #97

Pity that they don't open source it. I've gone through multiple image editors on Linux, and none of them have the simplicity of Paint. The layout and functionality is incredibly intuitive. You drop someone into Paint, and even if they've never seen it before, they can start doing stuff within a minute or so. You drop the same person into GIMP, and five minutes later they're still trying to figure out how the hell to…

These basic image highlighting features are so useful that Apple made them available in the Mail app (https://support.apple.com/en-us/ht204093).

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by Retric »

Maert wrote: post #85
tunetine wrote: post #66

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You can't draw circles and arrows, etc in that tool though. I need to point out the obvious sometimes. Well, actually most times.

http://imgur.com/a/0oDU7

The top 'arrow' looks like a sideways J, I assume it's an arrow based on context, but it's not that clear. Which is why it's nice to have a good tool for the job.

PS: If you actually do the same thing in paint they have a lot of useful shapes and you get a preview of how they look. Which is nice if you don't want the chicken scratch look.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by 4ndr3vv »

MS hasn't said they're going to remove it:

[“Deprecated” Apps] ...are not in active development and might be removed in future releases [1]

Its clearly not being actively developed, but there's no indication its going anywhere just yet.

[1] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034825/features-th...

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by 8xde0wcNwpslOw »

criddell wrote: post #94
willyyr wrote: post #32

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On Windows 10 try: WIN+SHIFT+S to get instant screen clipping and paste it to e.g. Twitter or whatever.

That does nothing for me. I'm running Windows 10 Pro.

Why is this downvoted? On my Windows 10, Win+Shift+S does nothing whatsoever, either. Updater says Windows is up-to-date, too.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by unethical_ban »

4ndr3vv wrote: post #105

MS hasn't said they're going to remove it: [“Deprecated” Apps] ...are not in active development and might be removed in future releases [1] Its clearly not being actively developed, but there's no indication its going anywhere just yet. [1] https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4034825/features-th...

In other words, mature. So let's mark it for removal.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by castis »

IshKebab wrote: post #91
jadbox wrote: post #87

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Woh, why would a distribution drop something as common as grep? Saying you can build it yourself sounds crazy when it always exists and cross-platform...

Maybe they want the core experience to not require ancient command line tools? You don't see many Windows users complaining about the lack of grep.

I don't see many Windows users hanging out in the CLI for extended periods of time, either. Even though OP wasn't serious about fedora nixing grep, surely you see the lack of equivalence in that argument.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by Maert »

Retric wrote: post #104
Maert wrote: post #85

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http://imgur.com/a/0oDU7

The top 'arrow' looks like a sideways J, I assume it's an arrow based on context, but it's not that clear. Which is why it's nice to have a good tool for the job. PS: If you actually do the same thing in paint they have a lot of useful shapes and you get a preview of how they look. Which is nice if you don't want the chicken scratch look.

Well, for anything serious, paint is not good enough. You can't rotate your arrows, for example.

If i need to do something well, then I use Paint.net (which is best parts of Paint and Photoshop combined in a free and super fast package).

If I need something quick, then I can use the snipping tool.

I literally have not turned on paint ever since I discovered windows snipping tool and paint.net (which is couple of years now).

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