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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 slantyyz »

Clubber wrote: post #299
mwexler wrote: post #67

All 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…

I still use Paint to crop screen shots when I need to send them to people. Quick and gets it done, on any Windows computer.

You should try Greenshot (free). It also lets you annotate your screenshots in a fashion similar to Skitch.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by slantyyz »

LeifCarrotson wrote: post #210
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…

Reposting/editing my deeper comment. But if you want to specifically do screenshots, try Greenshot: http://getgreenshot.org/ https://github.com/greenshot/greenshot/ It's open-source. The built-in image editor is optimized for the things that you need to do with screenshots - it is comparable, but almost in the wrong direction: Things are easier and quicker with Greenshot than Paint! Here's a quick guide I threw toget…

I'd like to also chime in on how great Greenshot is. I started using Greenshot after Skitch got EOL'ed, and while it's not perfect, I find it indispensable for sharing screenshots with coworkers.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by tracker1 »

freehunter wrote: post #311
Clubber wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still use Paint to crop screen shots when I need to send them to people. Quick and gets it done, on any Windows computer.

I still haven't found anything similar on Mac. It's the biggest thing I miss after making the switch. Preview is close, but still not the same. And Gimp, the usual recommendation, is far, far far far too heavyweight to be a valid comparison to Paint.

You can take a look at Pinta[0] I don't recall if it's a clone or a port of Paint.Net, but works for me as a quick tool... the OS integration (open with) needs some work though. It uses Mono as a portable runtime and is decent enough, again for most work. IMHO easier to use than Gimp, though not as feature rich.

https://pinta-project.com/pintaproject/pinta/

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by hobs »

slantyyz wrote: post #321
Clubber wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I still use Paint to crop screen shots when I need to send them to people. Quick and gets it done, on any Windows computer.

You should try Greenshot (free). It also lets you annotate your screenshots in a fashion similar to Skitch.

Checkout ShareX, I was a long time Greenshot user (and it even integrates the nice annotation stuff from Greenshot) but I switched because it has an even nicer UI and a host of additional features while remaining simple to use (still free though.)

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by vram22 »

krylon wrote: post #170
mercer wrote: post #49

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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.

For simply displaying PDF (and a few other formats), I like SumatraPDF. It is pretty lightweight (compared to the crawling horror that is Adobe Reader), and when you re-open a PDF, opens it at the position you were last time(!!!). The latter feature makes it perfect for viewing reference manuals etc. EDIT: https://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html EDIT²: IrfanView can display many graphic formats and quit…

Interesting, have you tried Foxit PDF Reader, and if so, how does it compare to SumatraPDF? I haven't used the latter but have used the former.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by jimbokun »

mwexler wrote: post #67

All 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. And stay off my lawn, you whippersnappers."

Interestingly, my teenage sons use the phrase "pass the aux", meaning let me drive the music we are currently listening to over the party speakers with my phone.

So yes, Apple's attempt to kill the aux jack was definitely premature, even among young tech savvy people.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by iamcreasy »

mwexler wrote: post #67

All 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…

Yes Yes Yes.

If Microsoft is listening 'PLEASE, do not remove Paint. I use it every day for doing very simple tasks, and it JUST WORKS!'

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by mjevans »

profpandit wrote: post #93
mwexler wrote: post #67

All 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…

Absolutely. Paint is by a long shot, Microsoft's best product. It's easy to build since it's codebase is pretty small and they haven't changed it much since it was introduced. So it's rock solid. IDK why they're fixing what ain't broke.

Worse; Paint is part of a lot of troubleshooting 'screenshot' processes; precisely because it IS easy to use and is /already included/.

Quickly taking a look at the most used products where I work...

MS Office Installer https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iI...

MS Word (I stopped here) https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iI...

Darn, it would be nice if MS was forced to break up in to different product divisions so that their Office product would be released on various platforms.

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by jimbokun »

radiorental wrote: post #268
profpandit wrote: post #93

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Absolutely. Paint is by a long shot, Microsoft's best product. It's easy to build since it's codebase is pretty small and they haven't changed it much since it was introduced. So it's rock solid. IDK why they're fixing what ain't broke.

They clearly nailed it, this video from the dev team shows how the understood their users and stuck to the requirements instead of the typical MS feature creep product https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hxx2KcPWWZg

"Opens in a matter of...minutes!"

Re: Microsoft Paint to be killed off after 32 years

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Post by adventist »

codefined wrote: post #161
castis wrote: post #109

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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.

When Windows users want to hang out in the CLI they virtualise Linux or use cmder[0]. [0] http://cmder.net/

Windows subsystem for Linux is what I spend most of my time in now.
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