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They're really pushing the Paint3D app, the Mixed Reality Viewer and the Photos app to take over Paint's roles and beyond. As for Wordpad they probably will dep

They're really pushing the Paint3D app, the Mixed Reality Viewer and the Photos app to take over Paint's roles and beyond. As for Wordpad they probably will deprecate and disable to gently nudge people to online Office 365 cloud subscriptions. Another reason I suppose is to decouple these apps from Windows system so their replacements can be updated through the store instead of waiting for OS feature updates.

nathanaldensr 7y ago
Paint3D is an atrocious, poorly-designed app. Tools are all over the place, familiar shortcuts have disappeared, and the UI looks like it was designed for the Windows 8 vision of Windows-on-a-tablet. No thanks. WIN+R, mspaint, ENTER--every time.
- arminiusreturns 7y ago
  Use rufus to burn a linux iso and install over the top. No more windows. Really need something? Run it in wine. Break away from Microsofts abusive ecosystem.
  - MeltySmelty 7y ago
    no thanks. not worth the headache.
  - gambiting 7y ago
    Visual Studio doesn't run in Wine as far as I know.
    - ta999999171 7y ago
      VSCode is cross platform, what does Visual Studio do that it can't?
      - deadcat 7y ago
        If you are writing .net core sure. Otherwise you are going to hit issues building and debugging. Why you would be attempting that outside of a Windows VM, I'm not sure.
        recursive 7y ago
        Just because I have no reason to run a VM. VS runs fine outside a VM.
      - gambiting 7y ago
        We build games for PS4 and Xbox One, as far as I know neither SDK has integrations for VS Code. Can you do assembly view and memory editing in VS Code by the way? I honestly don't know.
        nullvoxpopuli 7y ago
        VS Code isn't an IDE, as much as people want it to be
        ta999999171 7y ago
        > what does Visual Studio do that it can't? This wasn't argumentative, this was a genuine question - could you shed some light?
        wayneftw 7y ago
        Yes it is. IDE = integrated development environment. It has integrated git. It has integrated debuggers. It has integrated database tools. It has integration on tap, with extensions.
  - m-p-3 7y ago
    If you're a gamer who relies on multiplayer, some anticheats (ie: EAC) makes this an impossibility.
  - colejohnson66 7y ago
    I use Linux as my main box, and Wine doesn’t really cut it. I don’t like having to mess with winetricks to get programs to work, and even then, some (like Visual Studio) still don’t work. If I could just run an exe and Wine would detect what winetricks I need and install them then, that’d be great. (No, I can’t just install them all as I like to use different prefixes for each program)
- leeoniya 7y ago
  > WIN+R, mspaint, ENTER--every time. i prefer https://www.getpaint.net/ https://www.getpaint.net/
  - smacktoward 7y ago
    I would prefer https://www.getpaint.net https://www.getpaint.net, if that web site weren't littered with misleading ad units designed to trick people who want to download the Paint.NET software into actually downloading adware. As it stands, I can't in good conscience tell people to go to that site. Even if the actual Paint.NET software is good, the risk is just too high they'll end up installing something nasty.
    - Dylan16807 7y ago
      Send them to Ninite?
    - leeoniya 7y ago
      yeah, it's unfortunate, but they need to make money somehow. at least they're not bundling anything with the install (AFAIK) https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
      - m-p-3 7y ago
        Or you can buy it on the MS Store to contribute.
        leeoniya 7y ago
        or donate directly
      - acollins1331 7y ago
        I don't think the answer of "I need to make money somehow" and then maliciously taking it from others makes it okay. That's like saying it's ok I mug someone because I need some money. Intrusive and tracking ads are bad, even if the person hosting them "needs money".
- falcor84 7y ago
  WIN+R, pbrush, ENTER => save yourself one keystroke :)
- m-p-3 7y ago
  Paint.NET is a worthy replacement to MSPaint, and I'm glad it exists. It IMO manage to balance simplicity and features that is quite accessible to an average user.
  - lazarljubenovic 7y ago
    jspaint.app ftw
zamadatix 7y ago
Outside of Paint3D I don't think any of those were/are related to the classic mspaint. Mixed reality is new (and not really related to paint) but Photos was clearly there to supplant Windows Photo Viewer.

nathanaldensr 7y ago

Paint3D is an atrocious, poorly-designed app. Tools are all over the place, familiar shortcuts have disappeared, and the UI looks like it was designed for the Windows 8 vision of Windows-on-a-tablet. No thanks. WIN+R, mspaint, ENTER--every time.

arminiusreturns 7y ago
Use rufus to burn a linux iso and install over the top. No more windows. Really need something? Run it in wine. Break away from Microsofts abusive ecosystem.
- MeltySmelty 7y ago
  no thanks. not worth the headache.
- gambiting 7y ago
  Visual Studio doesn't run in Wine as far as I know.
  - ta999999171 7y ago
    VSCode is cross platform, what does Visual Studio do that it can't?
    - deadcat 7y ago
      If you are writing .net core sure. Otherwise you are going to hit issues building and debugging. Why you would be attempting that outside of a Windows VM, I'm not sure.
      - recursive 7y ago
        Just because I have no reason to run a VM. VS runs fine outside a VM.
    - gambiting 7y ago
      We build games for PS4 and Xbox One, as far as I know neither SDK has integrations for VS Code. Can you do assembly view and memory editing in VS Code by the way? I honestly don't know.
      - nullvoxpopuli 7y ago
        VS Code isn't an IDE, as much as people want it to be
        ta999999171 7y ago
        > what does Visual Studio do that it can't? This wasn't argumentative, this was a genuine question - could you shed some light?
        wayneftw 7y ago
        Yes it is. IDE = integrated development environment. It has integrated git. It has integrated debuggers. It has integrated database tools. It has integration on tap, with extensions.
- m-p-3 7y ago
  If you're a gamer who relies on multiplayer, some anticheats (ie: EAC) makes this an impossibility.
- colejohnson66 7y ago
  I use Linux as my main box, and Wine doesn’t really cut it. I don’t like having to mess with winetricks to get programs to work, and even then, some (like Visual Studio) still don’t work. If I could just run an exe and Wine would detect what winetricks I need and install them then, that’d be great. (No, I can’t just install them all as I like to use different prefixes for each program)
leeoniya 7y ago
> WIN+R, mspaint, ENTER--every time. i prefer https://www.getpaint.net/ https://www.getpaint.net/
- smacktoward 7y ago
  I would prefer https://www.getpaint.net https://www.getpaint.net, if that web site weren't littered with misleading ad units designed to trick people who want to download the Paint.NET software into actually downloading adware. As it stands, I can't in good conscience tell people to go to that site. Even if the actual Paint.NET software is good, the risk is just too high they'll end up installing something nasty.
  - Dylan16807 7y ago
    Send them to Ninite?
  - leeoniya 7y ago
    yeah, it's unfortunate, but they need to make money somehow. at least they're not bundling anything with the install (AFAIK) https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html https://www.dotpdn.com/downloads/pdn.html
    - m-p-3 7y ago
      Or you can buy it on the MS Store to contribute.
      - leeoniya 7y ago
        or donate directly
    - acollins1331 7y ago
      I don't think the answer of "I need to make money somehow" and then maliciously taking it from others makes it okay. That's like saying it's ok I mug someone because I need some money. Intrusive and tracking ads are bad, even if the person hosting them "needs money".
falcor84 7y ago
WIN+R, pbrush, ENTER => save yourself one keystroke :)
m-p-3 7y ago
Paint.NET is a worthy replacement to MSPaint, and I'm glad it exists. It IMO manage to balance simplicity and features that is quite accessible to an average user.
- lazarljubenovic 7y ago
  jspaint.app ftw

zamadatix 7y ago

Outside of Paint3D I don't think any of those were/are related to the classic mspaint. Mixed reality is new (and not really related to paint) but Photos was clearly there to supplant Windows Photo Viewer.