{"id":407690,"date":"2017-08-01T09:07:11","date_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/microsoft-signals-end-of-paint-program\/"},"modified":"2017-08-01T09:07:11","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T09:07:11","slug":"microsoft-signals-end-of-paint-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/microsoft-signals-end-of-paint-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft signals end of Paint program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">&#13;<br \/>\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.4.4--><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-body__introduction\">Microsoft\u2019s graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed.<\/p>\n<p>Paint has been part of the Windows operating system since its release in 1985 and is known for its simplicity and basic artistic results.<\/p>\n<p>Paint\u2019s successor, Paint 3D, will still be available.<\/p>\n<p>The list was issued as part of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, which rolls out in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p>Microsoft says that features on the list will be either removed from Windows 10 or \u201cnot in active development and might be removed in future releases\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Other features facing the axe include the Outlook Express email client, which is replaced with the built-in Mail app, and the Reader app, which will be integrated into Microsoft Edge.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has contacted Microsoft for comment.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"story-body__crosshead\">RIP Paint<\/h2>\n<p>People have expressed disappointment at the news on social media, with many tweeting \u201cRIP\u201d messages.<\/p>\n<p>Welsh YouTuber Chaotic described Paint as \u201cthe greatest thing to have ever existed\u201d \u2013 perhaps with tongue in cheek.<\/p>\n<p>The artist known as Jim\u2019ll Paint It uses the program to create artwork on outlandish themes, commissioned by strangers. He has nearly 700,000 followers on Facebook.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPaint hasn\u2019t been all that since they messed about with it anyway. I\u2019m running XP on a virtual machine because it\u2019s the best one,\u201d he tweeted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey should just release the source and make it public domain,\u201d tweeted games developer Mike Dailly, creator of Lemmings and Grand Theft Auto.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; Microsoft\u2019s graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed. 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Paint\u2019s successor, Paint 3D, will still be [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":407691,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-407690","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Microsoft signals end of Paint program - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/08\/01\/microsoft-signals-end-of-paint-program\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Microsoft signals end of Paint program - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"&#013; Microsoft\u2019s graphics program Paint has been included in a list of Windows 10 features that will be either removed or no longer developed. 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