MSPaint to be dumped

[threebikesmcginty]

I like Paint, easy to use, why bother downloading some other stuff when this works?

 

[Drago]

Don't worry. Microsoft have an excellent recent track record of anticipating what the public wants.

Oh, wait..

 

[MikeG]

I like Paint, easy to use, why bother downloading some other stuff when this works?

Because:

Apparently, Microsoft is planning to dump MSPaint from W10 updates soon!!.......

 

[AndyRM]

Don't worry Paint enthusiasts, it's (predictably enough) still going to be available...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40714395

 

[winjim]

I submitted a planning enquiry using cut & paste drawings put together in MSPaint. I thought it looked rather good.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

 

[Chris S]

It will still be available as a free MS download:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-40714395

 

[AndyRM]

*Claims TMN*

 

[stephec]

Can't say I've ever used it or know what it does....

You're one of those that goes on a thread about X Factor and claims smugly never to have watched it aren't you?

 

[keithmac]

I use it all the time for saving screenshots of diagnostic pages, no messing about and worth it's weight in gold..

 

[Prometheus]

View attachment 364018 Alternatives:

Rip out the codes and run it in wine

 

[Shut Up Legs]

Rip out the codes and run it in wine

Or just use a simpler hassle-free approach, and run an image editor that's native to Linux.

 

[irw]

I submitted a planning enquiry using cut & paste drawings put together in MSPaint. I thought it looked rather good.

Did you work for the Bristol Post per chance?

 

[graham bowers]

Rip out the codes and run it in wine

Why would I want to do that?

 

[jefmcg]

I think everyone is missing the point here. It's not that it's a brilliant program, but that it's always been there. When it first came out I was loading programs onto my Commodore 64 using a tape drive. It's from Windows 1.0. The first Windows I used was 3.0 and that wasn't very good (even for it's time), but MSPaint was there, already 7 years old. And 25 years later, it was still there, making it look like Bristol Council employs 3 year olds to do their drafting.

Pretty nearly everyone who has had access to the internet has had access at some point to MSPaint - excepting @Fab Foodie of course. - so a moments silence for the graceful retirement of a grand old lady of Windows.