Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95::Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11

  • @[email protected]
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    95 months ago

    If these fuckers touch notepad I’ll riot.

    Actually that’s not true, I’ll just be quietly annoyed.

    • Kogasa
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      155 months ago

      They’ve already touched it. It has a new UI, new features, and has crashed on me multiple times. They’re about to add AI shit to it too.

      • @[email protected]
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        15 months ago

        I’ve had no issues. I don’t mind the tabs thing, because I’m the kinda buffoon who uses notepad like a notepad. Sometimes I close it and intentionally don’t save only to later be like shit, wish I didn’t do that, and now it’s like I didn’t!

        When I inevitably have issues though I will join you in complaining, because why do they always have to mess with shit!

        • Kogasa
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          15 months ago

          I use VSCode + Markdown for an actual notepad. The only thing I ever want from Notepad is to open a file as plain text, instantly, and let me read and search through the text, and maybe make a modification and save it. If I’m gonna be looking at the contents for more than 5 seconds it’s already a good idea to be using a proper text editor.

    • ThePowerOfGeek
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      45 months ago

      They already did. They added tabs to it, which honestly was a pleasant surprise but loooooong overdue. Apps like Notepad++ had stolen the reason for Notepad to exist long ago.