Microsoft Paint: Fans rejoice as art app saved 'for now'

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Microsoft Paint: Fans rejoice as art app saved 'for now' (BBC)

 

Fans of low-fidelity art app Microsoft Paint are rejoicing after it was confirmed it would remain a part of the Windows operation system "for now".

 

In 2017, Microsoft had said that Paint would be deprecated but it survived.

 

Confusion returned in recent weeks as users questioned whether Paint would be part of the next Window 10 update, which launches in May.

 

A Microsoft developer confirmed that Paint would be included - to the relief of many.

 

Sydney-based digital artist Miranda Lorikeet, known as "Lazy Bones", uses Paint for her work and is sponsored by Microsoft.

 

She told BBC News she was surprised to hear that uncertainty over the program's survival had been raised again.

 

"The way I discovered it was when I was like six or seven when I was mucking around on the computer," she said. "It's a crappy tool at the end of the day, it's not good, and I think I like using something that is genuinely a rubbish tool to make artwork."

 

It is possible that Microsoft will change Windows 10 so that Paint has to be downloaded separately, rather than being included as a standard app.