Windows Notepad

“there is already software that provides exactly what the author wants (notepad, which the article mentions)”

“using notepad + terminal is a great way to learn how a language or stack works”

“now I don't have to use a different app to get those, so that works out great for me”

“Even Notepad isn't a dumb app anymore! They made breaking changes after 40 years so it has autocorrect, rich text, and Copilot.”

“That eliminates a whole class of “save file in notepad, corrupting it” trouble.”

“they made three legitimately GOOD changes to Notepad, before they went absolutely batshit”

“put AI, Tabs, a login portal, a 'search with bing' action and text formatting on notepad before a 'redo' button”

“The amount of hacking required to even be allowed to re-associate text files with that particular exe on Win11 was shocking to me.”

“Therefore, having Markdown support as a first-class feature makes good sense.”

“if you need this, just extract NOTEPAD.EXE from a Windows 95 (or NT 4) installation”

“The new notepad is a buggy embarrassment. When you disable the "Continue previous session" option you can very easily lose unsaved changes”

“I want something that Just Works™ with no configuration just like Win95 Notepad.”

“I think it is a great thing if I just get a lightweight markdown friendly editor built in”

“It was a UX hiccup, the software was working as intended, the intention was just... maybe not quite wise enough.”

“Apps like classic notepad are useful to have around, when apps that try to parse things like markdown get it wrong”

“doesn't choke on files larger than 25KB and uses native Win32 controls”

“Plus this Markdown preview functionality just caused Notepad to have a Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in it.”

“Notepad has had support for BoM detection and wide-characters (UTF-16/UCS-16) for some while.”

“Anything with a scripting engine isn't lightweight compared to (classic) Notepad!”

“It's far better to use an application that you can count on already existing on the machines.”

“the new Notepad is hilariously buggy. Repeatedly encountered bugs where the screen fails to paint, takes multiple seconds to load”

“The moment Microsoft started adding crap to Notepad, we knew that it was only a matter of time before such a vulnerability cropped up.”

“Notepad should be the single-simplest of text editors, always has been, always should be”

“it doesn't change anything - file won't open and "open with" pops up an error still that notepad can't be used”

“Works great still, but now windows won't let me associate .txt files with it.”

“Its fairly well done - the markdown - and even the AI dropdown presets seem useful.”

“If you can use Reactos' Notepad.exe from the daily ISO build (extract reactos.cab with 7zip) the better.”

“In no world did I expect Notepad to have the ability under any circumstances to make network requests and execute arbitrary code.”

“Notepad and mspaint have now copilot integration. With full authentication integration that will likely fail for people in corporate environment.”

“you do lose out on some of the actually useful updates legacy nodepad received”

“clicking links should not be a security issue and yes the CVE is totally deserved: that's remote code execution.”

“their need to cram AI and account sign-in into it definitely seemed over the top”

“I actually liked some of the addictions to notepad, like tabs, reopen files, keeping unsaved files, and the unsaved changes indicator in the tab.”

“More modern editors like Sublime Text, Kate, or even Notepad have an advantage of being intuitive.”

“the old Notepad was deliberately designed with minimal dependencies so that even if everything else in the system went to hell you'd still have a working editor”

“allowing me to use it as a momentary place to jot down things that I want to remember”

“It still starts very fast, even with quite large files and line wrapping.”

“It also doesn't nag you with administrative tasks to "save" notes when you close Notepad.”

“I think it was noticing that Notepad (and Calculator) in Windows 10 took a countable number of seconds to open”

“Aaaand... thats about it, even Total commander's built in text editor is more powerful.”