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Microsoft also seem keen to deprecate two other simple Windows applications - Paint (being replaced with "Paint 3D") and Snipping Tool (to be replaced with "Sni
by smcl 4y ago
Microsoft also seem keen to deprecate two other simple Windows applications - Paint (being replaced with "Paint 3D") and Snipping Tool (to be replaced with "Snip & Sketch"). I don't understand it, it feels like they've started with the question "ok what if we replaced $tool?" rather than "what does $tool need to do?"
- smileybarry 4y agoPaint 3D itself was deprecated later and Paint was un-deprecated, it's just updated by the store now. (It even has a Windows 11 redesign!) Snipping Tool was deprecated, but everything at this point was ported over to the (arguably better) "new" Snipping Tool, and it just got screen(/area) recording too.
- smcl 4y agoIt's funny that there is a use for the word "un-deprecated" but that's good news! Now that I think about it I guess I'm glad that they didn't remove or replace the original tools - I could still use them.
- MikusR 4y agoSniping tool also was deprecated. It even at one point had a message and link to Snip & Sketch.
- smcl 4y agoIt still has this message edit: actually I'm on Windows 10 still, maybe it's different in Windows 11
- smileybarry 4y agoThat's what I meant -- old "Snipping Tool" was deprecated and the newer Snip & Sketch, originally forked from OneNote's screenshot utility, was renamed to "Snipping Tool".