Here is the repo as well: https://github.com/chowderman/xp-paint . Note: this is in no way affiliated with Microsoft, its merely a fan project based on my love of Windows XP
This is great, thanks!
XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
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Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#92This 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.
kolourpaint is the exact same thing as windows xp paint. part of kde, but you can also find windows builds online
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
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I love Paint .NET, but I wince every time I go to their website (which is not paint.net) to download it: the download button[1] gives me strong "clicking this will give you a shareware virus from 2005" vibe. It is also very sketchy that their website (getpaint.net) redirects to another site (dotpdn.com) for the actual download page. I power through these feelings and download it anyway, knowing what wonderful softwar…
You could try Pinta, which is open-source and based on Paint.NET: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinta_%28software%29
Pinta is not comparable to Paint.NET. Paint.NET is a very polished program and Pinta... isn't. While it's true that it is based on Paint.NET 3, the part they kept was the filter and image manipulation stuff and the part they dumped was the UI, and their (Gtk# I think) UI is not very good compared to even the WPF UI of the old versions of Paint.NET it was based on. Stuff like the selection handles being rendered on canvas so looking very broken when working on e.g. pixel art, or just highly zoomed in as the marching ants scale with the image pixel size.
If you need an open source editor for those use cases, go with KolourPaint or Krita. Krita is not quite as simple as Paint which is why KolourPaint might fit your use case better, but I've switced to Krita for my Linux image editor. Now if they could just bring back an on-canvas text tool...
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#94This 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.
Well it could crop as well. Then I'd give you 90%.
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#95This 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’m always perplexed by this. Maybe I lack the artistic talent? Paint could never cover any of my use cases. For that it was always too much about … well … painting … which is something I just don’t need on a day to day basis. The painting focus seems completely misguided to most of the typical use cases I can imagine. My quintessential perfect tool is always the Preview App on macOS: You can add simple shapes, arrow…
Contemporary paint is much better. XP paint was missing some of the most basic and essential features of a pixel editor. Without a proper and simple cropping interface it’s little more than an aesthetic setpiece.
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
I love Paint .NET, but I wince every time I go to their website (which is not paint.net) to download it: the download button[1] gives me strong "clicking this will give you a shareware virus from 2005" vibe. It is also very sketchy that their website (getpaint.net) redirects to another site (dotpdn.com) for the actual download page. I power through these feelings and download it anyway, knowing what wonderful softwar…
I recommend everyone on HN using Windows to use Chocolatey and Chocolatey GUI to install their software. Chocolatey is a package manager / "app store" for FOSS and other free-to-install software on Windows. Downloading random installers was always flawed, but it's not getting any better. Chocolatey is the best you can get as a Homebrew/Homebrew Cask equivalent on Windows, and even if it takes some getting used to is…
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Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
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I immediately searched for the XP version the first time I encountered this extremely frustrating behaviour: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10...
I honestly would prefer if the post was left unanswered than having to read shit like > Hi, > Thanks for the update on the issue. > We have tested the same with the latest Windows updates installed on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. > As suggested, I would recommend sharing this as a feedback on the Feedback app of Windows 10. > Do let us know if you face any Windows related issues in future. We will be glad to assist you…
That whole forum is a dumpster fire. When a search takes me there, I brace myself to read a poorly-written, incorrect, dismissive answer. Nine times out of ten, the questioner is clearly more knowledgeable about the problem than the person answering it.
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
I love Paint .NET, but I wince every time I go to their website (which is not paint.net) to download it: the download button[1] gives me strong "clicking this will give you a shareware virus from 2005" vibe. It is also very sketchy that their website (getpaint.net) redirects to another site (dotpdn.com) for the actual download page. I power through these feelings and download it anyway, knowing what wonderful softwar…
I recommend everyone on HN using Windows to use Chocolatey and Chocolatey GUI to install their software. Chocolatey is a package manager / "app store" for FOSS and other free-to-install software on Windows. Downloading random installers was always flawed, but it's not getting any better. Chocolatey is the best you can get as a Homebrew/Homebrew Cask equivalent on Windows, and even if it takes some getting used to is…
These days I prefer https://scoop.sh/.
Chocolatey is fine but it would sometimes cause problems which I frankly don't remember. With scoop I've had no issues.
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#99This 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.
> This version of MS Paint is like the peak example of covering 99% of basic use cases while being incredibly simple to use.
At some point Microsoft just forgot how to make software like this - sometime between 2005 and 2010 I think. OSes no longer come with simple, lightweight tools that are unsophisticated and just do what you want
Re: XP Paint – A Web-Based Version of Window XP's MS Paint
#100Is you like MS Paint art then you should check out Jim'll Paint It ( https://jimllpaintit.tumblr.com/ - also on facebook). He takes requests.
That's... an unfortunate name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Savile
Nonsense. Jim is a very common name, too widespread to be impacted by one bad guy.