I wonder what Pat is going to do? https://www.themanual.com/culture/masterpieces-microsoft-pai...
Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
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Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#152Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/kolourpaint/
I think a few people (some non-KDE users) have an aversion to KDE/Qt tools and avoid them where possible. Certainly it was enough of a pain for me to get consistent look-and-feel across all my applications that I gave up and decided not to use Qt if I could avoid it.
I have found kde tools have much more functionality. Gtk based tools generally do a free things and do them well.
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#153All the comments that "you can just use X to do Y" is missing the point that Paint just works, for almost every value of Y. No argument, Paint.net is great, snipping tool solves the grab and crop, but for most anything else you need to do in a hurry, you need a quick paint program. It's like removing Notepad: we all know hundreds of editors we would replace it with, from Notepad++ to vim/emacs... but isn't nice that…
> And yes, I still miss my 1/8" jack on my iphone. Every single day.
I'm very curious -- anything thoughts on what will be your next phone? Iphone again, or branching out to new 1/8" jack pastures?
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#154This is because Homestuck ended, isn't it?
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#155Earlier quoted context omitted.
Agreed! Paint was the only Microsoft product that I actually loved.
They did the same thing with the calculator, turning what is probably the simplest app on the entire computer into a Metro-ified flat-design-meme store-dependent mess for absolutely no benefit.
Doesn't Windows include both the old calculator and the new calculator? I'm on Windows 8 and I have both.
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#156Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think he said they save you from having to surface the usual affordances through several settings in multiple preferences menus. Or something.
I don't quite understand why you'd ever want to create a new file in this way, and I remember being baffled by it as a child when Win95 came out. Isn't it always going to be faster to open whatever application you want to create your file in (bonus: win+r on Windows, cmd-space on Mac) and just save the new file there? Creating the file first and then invoking the program by opening it with the GUI seems like a pathol…
I think it's to not have to relocate a folder in a Save As dialog. Sometimes I already have a folder open, and just want to create a new file then drag it into my editor because I know the Save As dialog is pointed elsewhere.
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#157Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/kolourpaint/
I think a few people (some non-KDE users) have an aversion to KDE/Qt tools and avoid them where possible. Certainly it was enough of a pain for me to get consistent look-and-feel across all my applications that I gave up and decided not to use Qt if I could avoid it.
> I think a few people (some non-KDE users) have an aversion to KDE/Qt tools and avoid them where possible.
Why would you have an aversion to Kolourpaint but not to a Linux port of MS Paint? That does not make sense in the context of this thread - unless your comment was a non-sequitur.
Edit: After rereading, I have realized the root of the thread can be interpreted in other ways than what I got - I felt AdmiralAsshat's main thrust was they'd have wanted a Linux port of MS Paint.
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#158Earlier quoted context omitted.
https://www.kde.org/applications/graphics/kolourpaint/
I think a few people (some non-KDE users) have an aversion to KDE/Qt tools and avoid them where possible. Certainly it was enough of a pain for me to get consistent look-and-feel across all my applications that I gave up and decided not to use Qt if I could avoid it.
I don't get it. On windows each app has a completely different look and feel and guidelines and people are fine with it.
But on Linux we have 2 and people are complaining.
Btw, GTK+ apps look very close to Qt apps on KDE as KDE's Breeze engine has a GTK+ version.
Additionally, an open source windows paint (that parent comment asked for) will not look consistent go GTK+ apps as well.
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#159Earlier quoted context omitted.
You're being completely disingenuous, that's absolutely terrible. My use case for Paint is highlighting one off screenshots for clients and the like. Nobody is going to send your sort of screenshot in a professional environment, it looks like it was marked up by a kindergartner. My workflow: I open up snipping tool, take a screenshot, copy it, paste it in Paint, mark it up quickly (arrow tool or circle/rounded corner…
It sounds like you could really take advantage of Greenshot. http://getgreenshot.org
Why though? Paint is already perfect. It's ubiquitous, doesn't require a download and install (there's locked down machines), loads instantly, and the UI is incredibly simple and intuitive.
Though if I ever need "advanced" screenshotting I'll keep this in mind.
Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years
#160Pity 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…
For those who remember the Amiga's Deluxe Paint, there's this one: