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Paint.NET joins the ranks of "tools that Microsoft won't improve, so someone else did it themselves"

Posted 2004-09-06 11:36 PM in Musings.

Fabulous. Not only can I replace the large-unchanged-since-1994 Notepad.exe with Notepad2, but Mike finds Paint.NET for me, and with a 5 minute evaluation I've replaced my Paint.exe with Paint.NET. It's as simple and as elegant as Paint Shop Pro (the early version, before they threw in the Kitchen Sink and it got all sassy and quasi-vectory) used to me.

+1 for Paint.NET!

While I'm replacing all my default Windows Accessories, what are some other freeware/.NET replacements?

Calculator?
Hyperterminal?
Backup?
Wordpad?
Sound Recorder?

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Monday, September 06, 2004 11:19:12 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Yes, I have to admit I like paint.net, too :-).
Not to mention that it comes with source code.

miha at rthand com (Miha Markic [MVP C#])

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 4:53:18 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Best freeware audio tool around is Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ I was just recommending to someone else so I'll do it here too.

Damian

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 7:37:45 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Some Seattle software shop makes PowerCalc (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx), which they distribute for free off their Web site.