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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 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 15 points 2 years 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.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    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!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years 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.

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