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Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95 (gadgettendency.com)
submitted 9 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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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

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[–] Modva 9 points 9 months ago (3 children)

If these fuckers touch notepad I'll riot.

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

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Just use notepad++?

[–] SlopppyEngineer 4 points 9 months ago

And soon wordpad++?

[–] poopkins 1 points 9 months ago

Team Sublime!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Dozzi92 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

if i had to use windows it'd be debloated 10

11 sucks

but linux is better than both

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Why are you getting downvoted?

[–] ThePowerOfGeek 4 points 9 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.