Archive for June, 2007

Paint.NET shows up on Maximum PC July 2007 cover disc

Wednesday, June 6th, 2007

An intrepid forum member, "startreksuite," pointed out that Paint.NET is on the latest cover disc. This was, as usual, news to me! So I stopped by Best Buy with a friend earlier today and after nerding out on all the video games and movie DVD's and high-def TV's, I found ...

Paint.NET versioning: Why is it version “3.08,” instead of “3.0.8” ?

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

Sometimes I see news and update sites listing the latest release of Paint.NET with three version fields: 2.7.2 or 3.0.8, for instance. It's actually 3.8 if you look at the version resource in Windows. In truth, 3.08 really is more of a "3.0.8" release: it's mostly the same as 3.0, except with ...

May 2007 usage statistics for Paint.NET: Vista usage way up!

Sunday, June 3rd, 2007

As many of you know, Paint.NET has a built-in updater. Every once in awhile*, it will ping the http://www.getpaint.net/ website to see if there's a newer version available, and if so it will invite the user to install it. Two clicks of the mouse later and the user now has ...

What’s next for Paint.NET?

Friday, June 1st, 2007

So version 3.08 is fresh out the door, which means it's time to start on the next release! The last few releases since v3.0 have mostly been servicing releases (aka "bugfix releases"), with a few features and refinements thrown in for good measure. Service releases are important in order ...

Paint.NET 3.08 (final) now available

Friday, June 1st, 2007

Beta on Tuesday, final on Friday ... the Internet is great :) This is mostly a service release that fixes some bugs, while also improving keyboard / accessibility cues for some dialogs. Get it via the built-in updater, or from the website: http://www.getpaint.net/ The change list is the same as it was ...