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Why O why am I forced to accept more and more crap from MICROSOFT! Since updating to win 10, I lost the handy Paint program in which you could paste and edit screen shots, into something that claims to be 3D! Far more complex altogether! I never wanted that crap from them.
I was perfectly happy with the XP interface. Why did this need to change! Win 10 makes an effort, which is as much about loosing face, as about anything else!
I manage a suite of software which has had extremely few user interface changes in the last 15 years. Every User Interface change has a follow on effect of changing of training manuals, up to the setting up of training sessions. It is something we cannot justify to our clients.
Our software does not connect to the internet, and runs happily under WIN 98 or Win XP, without any Service Packs.
Now I understand that 'Under the Hood' changes were needed, to deal with all sorts of new security threats. What I do not understand is, why this needed a new User Interface.
Now as the Mobile Phone effort is being burried, can we please get rid of all those compulsary and hatefull Apps in Win10. Horses for Courses!
Regards,
Bram van Kampen
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Um. "Search button" "paint" - "Paint Desktop app" click.
And there it is.
Don't expect MS to go back to Win 7 or earlier - they aren't good at the "OK, we made a mistake, let's drop that and go back" bit: see the execrable Clippy and Ribbon...
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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In Win10 there is an app called "Snipping Tool" built in that does screenshots better than paint does/did.
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Windows + PrtScn. Works for me.
Okay, I get it, never mind. 
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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Bloody hell Bram if MS just changed the things that needed to be done (they have not managed to achieve this feat EVER) how are they supposed to justify releasing and charging for a new version every year or so.
Your problem is that you have not trained your users to expect a regular upgrade with new features and don't give me any crap about if it ain't broke, MS are experts at breaking existing systems.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Bram van Kampen wrote: I manage a suite of software which has had extremely few user interface changes in the last 15 years. Every User Interface change has a follow on effect of changing of training manuals, up to the setting up of training sessions. It is something we cannot justify to our clients.
How much training have you had to understand the UI of MS-Paint? A textbox behaves exactly as expected, regardless of your application - it should not even need a manual nor a training session.
Bram van Kampen wrote: Our software does not connect to the internet, and runs happily under WIN 98 or Win XP, without any Service Packs.
With those OSes it would be very unwise to connect to the internet.
Bram van Kampen wrote: What I do not understand is, why this needed a new User Interface.
Same reason why car-models change. If it doesn't look new, no one will spend money on it. So, the user made that choice with their money, not the devs
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Today, I will be tasked with the burden of reinstalling Windows on one of my home PCs. I refuse to got o Win10, and will be reinstalling Win7. Mostly because it's a known environment in which all of my software functions reasonably well. I have absolutely no compelling reason to "upgrade" to Win10.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I did this the other day. Yay, Windows 7!
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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Or Paint.NET[^], which has more features.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I've had to learn to launch it by typing "mspaint" in the start menu, rather than just "paint". Then after that first time, going back to typing "paint" includes it in the search results. Tons of options to also pin it just about anywhere.
Same deal with IE, they now go out of their way to hide it in favor of Edge, but it's still there and there's plenty of ways you can create shortcuts to it everywhere.
In other words: Meh.
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He was a master of his craft. Used to watch him a lot in the day...and some times at night.
Someone's therapist knows all about you!
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High time. Politicians have not always been known for natural intelligence.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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Question is - what will be the outcome?
UAE surely has a lot of money to invest into research if they want to.
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Abhinav S wrote: UAE surely has a lot of money to invest into research if they want to.
Plenty money yes, but they have little patience for results/returns
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I surprised his name not Andrew...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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A cats' coat contains up to 130,000 hairs per square inch, and is a serious dirt magnet. Did you know that the surface area of a single cat - if you include all of its hair, which researchers did in the interests of cleaner spaceships - is roughly the same as the floor space of the average developers' cubicle, while a sea otter has the same surface area as an ice hockey rink?
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sooooo developers should start licking their cubicles to keep them clean?
(I guess not so bad as the ice hockey team licking the rink without getting their tounges stuck)
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Rather you than me: I've seen what some developers do in their cubicles...
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I have not even seen cubicles. Se let me guess...they develop something?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
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They would lick their own cubicles, after all cats lick their own backsides too.
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