XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint

Post by mumbisChungo » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 9:03 PM UTC

JoeSmithson wrote: post #18

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Isn't mspaint in Windows 10 basically the same thing but with a ribbon instead of a toolbar? I don't much care for the ribbon but I'm used to it now. Hitting WinKey-R, mspaint, [Enter] is still my goto for simple picture editing, even just recording a screenshot despite the existence of the snipping tool... Other than the minor annoyance of getting used to the ribbon I felt as if I was still using the same old paint…

Two things I dislike about the new Paint are; 1. Can't select secondary colour with right click 2. Needs way more clicks to get a filled Rectangle

Post by pantaloony » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 9:11 PM UTC

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you know it! It had a sleek and modern look for the time, while still having the simplicity and user-friendliness of MS Paint from Win 95/98. really wish this version of paint was still supported in Win 10

Surely it can be packed as an Electron app?

Post by umvi » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 9:18 PM UTC

somehnguy wrote: post #12

This version of MS Paint is like the peak example of covering 99% of basic use cases while being incredibly simple to use. Whenever I need to make an arbitrary image real quick I miss this version of Paint. Nothing else I can find in 2020 even comes close to its intuitive interface.

Post by lajawfe » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 9:27 PM UTC

Post by microcolonel » Thu, Jul 09, 2020, 9:46 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #25

somehnguy wrote: post #12

This version of MS Paint is like the peak example of covering 99% of basic use cases while being incredibly simple to use. Whenever I need to make an arbitrary image real quick I miss this version of Paint. Nothing else I can find in 2020 even comes close to its intuitive interface.

> I miss this version of Paint Well you are in luck: https://archive.org/details/MSPaintWinXP I use this all the time on my Windows 10 box. Just download, rename to "mspaintxp.exe" and put it in C:\Windows\System32. Optionally update Paint shortcut to point to that one so when you type "Paint" in start menu that's the new default.