Recommendations for simple windows calculator replacement.

[janoc]

The windows calculator has just gotten so much worse in the last 5 years.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good general purpose windows programmers calculator app.
I'm not looking for something super advanced, i have my proper HP for that, just something simple for doing quick calcs while doing embedded programming.

The main thing that gets on my nerves in win10 calc is not being able to do floating point stuff when in the programmer mode.
I get why they did it but it's just annoying,  the XP calc didn't have that issue.

I keep a cheap Casio FX0260 on hand for this reason. And even cheaper knockoff at work (don't want the tiny Casio to be nicked). I found it easier and faster to reach for the calculator and punch in a few numbers than to wait for the Windows (or whatever) calculator to start and deal with its UI idiosyncrasies. The same for having a calculator on a phone - RealCalc is good (I have it too), but by the time I unlock the phone and find/start the calculator app I have the result on the physical device already.

For more fancy stuff like working in binary or hex or doing more sophisticated stuff I just open Python shell and do it there - far more powerful than any calculator app. Even though SpeedCrunch is good.

[b_force]

The windows calculator has just gotten so much worse in the last 5 years.
Does anyone have any recommendations for a good general purpose windows programmers calculator app.
I'm not looking for something super advanced, i have my proper HP for that, just something simple for doing quick calcs while doing embedded programming.

The main thing that gets on my nerves in win10 calc is not being able to do floating point stuff when in the programmer mode.
I get why they did it but it's just annoying,  the XP calc didn't have that issue.

I keep a cheap Casio FX0260 on hand for this reason. And even cheaper knockoff at work (don't want the tiny Casio to be nicked). I found it easier and faster to reach for the calculator and punch in a few numbers than to wait for the Windows (or whatever) calculator to start and deal with its UI idiosyncrasies. The same for having a calculator on a phone - RealCalc is good (I have it too), but by the time I unlock the phone and find/start the calculator app I have the result on the physical device already.

For more fancy stuff like working in binary or hex or doing more sophisticated stuff I just open Python shell and do it there - far more powerful than any calculator app. Even though SpeedCrunch is good.

You know that you can run apps from your lock screen

[janoc]

You know that you can run apps from your lock screen

Sure, and? I guess you haven't had an do something stupid while your phone was in your pocket yet, have you? I prefer to have the screen to be locked when it is locked, not to have random junk there that could accidentally start itself.

[b_force]

You know that you can run apps from your lock screen

Sure, and? I guess you haven't had an do something stupid while your phone was in your pocket yet, have you? I prefer to have the screen to be locked when it is locked, not to have random junk there that could accidentally start itself.

Sorry, I was just trying to be helpful........
It's just a calculator......