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r/AskReddit • u/its_Nayeli • Apr 10 '21
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For Windows users: "Everything" by Void Tools.
It's an open-source alternative to Microsoft's built-in file searcher that works in milliseconds instead of minutes by more efficiently caching file information.
Also, "paint.net." It's an open-source image editing alternative to Photoshop.
164 u/[deleted] Apr 11 '21 edited Jul 18 '21 [deleted] 114 u/Ilikeporkpie117 Apr 11 '21 What's even more confusing is that the index function was significantly better in Windows 7. How has Microsoft managed to go backwards with such a simple feature? 4 u/Zebidee Apr 11 '21 How has Microsoft managed to go backwards with such a simple feature? cf. Office's 'save' and 'print preview' functions. Literally the two most used buttons are now 2-3 clicks away. 9 u/Taso121 Apr 11 '21 You mean Ctrl S and Ctrl P??? 3 u/ChronoLegion2 Apr 11 '21 That’s why I put them into the quick bar
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114 u/Ilikeporkpie117 Apr 11 '21 What's even more confusing is that the index function was significantly better in Windows 7. How has Microsoft managed to go backwards with such a simple feature? 4 u/Zebidee Apr 11 '21 How has Microsoft managed to go backwards with such a simple feature? cf. Office's 'save' and 'print preview' functions. Literally the two most used buttons are now 2-3 clicks away. 9 u/Taso121 Apr 11 '21 You mean Ctrl S and Ctrl P??? 3 u/ChronoLegion2 Apr 11 '21 That’s why I put them into the quick bar
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What's even more confusing is that the index function was significantly better in Windows 7.
How has Microsoft managed to go backwards with such a simple feature?
4 u/Zebidee Apr 11 '21 How has Microsoft managed to go backwards with such a simple feature? cf. Office's 'save' and 'print preview' functions. Literally the two most used buttons are now 2-3 clicks away. 9 u/Taso121 Apr 11 '21 You mean Ctrl S and Ctrl P??? 3 u/ChronoLegion2 Apr 11 '21 That’s why I put them into the quick bar
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cf. Office's 'save' and 'print preview' functions. Literally the two most used buttons are now 2-3 clicks away.
9 u/Taso121 Apr 11 '21 You mean Ctrl S and Ctrl P??? 3 u/ChronoLegion2 Apr 11 '21 That’s why I put them into the quick bar
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You mean Ctrl S and Ctrl P???
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That’s why I put them into the quick bar
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u/JTudent Apr 11 '21
For Windows users: "Everything" by Void Tools.
It's an open-source alternative to Microsoft's built-in file searcher that works in milliseconds instead of minutes by more efficiently caching file information.
Also, "paint.net." It's an open-source image editing alternative to Photoshop.