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Hell freezes over, MS Paint adds support for layers and PNG transparency (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] MrLuemasG 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've literally never met anybody that used Wordpad, whereas I know a lot of tech normies that'll use MS Paint for quick memes and things

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I used it back in my Windows days. Out of the box, I think it's the only way to do rich text on Windows. Also (used to be anyway) one of the less resource intensive options.

You know, for when you've got Napster, Winamp (with visualisation), ICQ, and MSN all up and barely running. You don't want to have to run, like, WordPerfect at the same time! Your MP3s will start skipping :p

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They can cut WordPad, if they kill Notepad then IDK what to say...

[–] PlutoniumAcid 2 points 1 year ago

Notepad++ FTW!

[–] nucleative 1 points 1 year ago

Fellow notepad.exe aficionado here as well