Microsoft Paint is getting killed off in the Windows 10 Fall
Creators Update
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The era of Microsoft Paint appears to be coming to an end
with the upcoming release of the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. The
image-editing application is officially being classified by Microsoft as a
“deprecated feature,” as noted by The Guardian. That means that, come this
fall, Paint will “not be in active development and might be removed in future
releases.”
PAINT HAS LONG BEEN A MAINSTAY OF WINDOWS
Paint has long been a mainstay of Windows, dating back to a
1-bit monochrome version of the program released alongside Windows 1.0 back in
November 1985.
Microsoft continued to update Paint throughout the years, and
users have grown to embrace the limited set of features the image editor had to
offer. And while it’s true legacy will always be associated as shorthand for
poorly designed and badly illustrated digital art, it’s hard to deny the
importance of the program as many users’ first interaction with creating images
on a computer.
It’s not a super surprising move, given that Microsoft would
logically be putting its efforts toward Paint 3D, the overhauled version of the
original Paint that the company introduced in the Windows 10 Creators Update
earlier this year.
Also, just because the program is being listed as
“deprecated” doesn’t mean that it’s gone for good just yet — there’s still no
date or time frame for when (or even if) Microsoft intends to remove the
application completely.
Still, it does mark an end of the road for the classic
image-editing app. So later this year, when you update your computer to the
Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, don’t forget to pour one out for Paint.
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