I suppose it doesn't matter since we can disable it but I don't think anyone asked for this feature. If I wanted to use a rich text editor, I'd have opened a different app. Markdown editing is interesting but again, I would probably have opened vscode or another editor if I'm writing markdown.
I'm also almost entirely on linux though so maybe I'm just not the target demographic.
0cf8612b2e1e 2 days ago [-]
Also with increased latency.
Notepad used to be the most Unix way application. Now there is a visible delay in startup while it paints itself. I have encountered numerous visual glitches. Yet now there is copilot integration, so someone met this quarters KPI.
jfengel 2 days ago [-]
Why? Isn't that what Wordpad is for?
ImJamal 2 days ago [-]
Wordpad is being discontinued.
hulitu 2 days ago [-]
> Wordpad is being discontinued.
Then why they don't discontinue also notepad ? Word is a ... text editor.
gus_massa 2 days ago [-]
There are horror stories about programs that have hardcoded calls to open help or info using "C:\Windows\System32\notepad.exe readme.exe"
hulitu 2 days ago [-]
> Microsoft's plain text editor gets fancy
Another idiotic feature.
Dear Microsoft, if i want a better editor than notepad i instal Notepad++ or vim. Yeah, i know, those two do not phone home to Microsoft. /s
I'm also almost entirely on linux though so maybe I'm just not the target demographic.
Notepad used to be the most Unix way application. Now there is a visible delay in startup while it paints itself. I have encountered numerous visual glitches. Yet now there is copilot integration, so someone met this quarters KPI.
Then why they don't discontinue also notepad ? Word is a ... text editor.
Another idiotic feature. Dear Microsoft, if i want a better editor than notepad i instal Notepad++ or vim. Yeah, i know, those two do not phone home to Microsoft. /s