dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square467fedilinkarrow-up11.12Karrow-down125cross-posted to: sysadmin@lemmy.worldtaqueros@mujico.orghackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytech@pawb.social
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minus-squareM0oP0olinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down4·1 year agoWordpad is for whatever people use it for, and that is mostly looking at files in some sort of text (words on a pad). My point is if microsoft removes the ability to open a text file then the consequences are on them.
minus-squaremonkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down1·1 year agoYou’re thinking of Notepad I think
minus-squareM0oP0olinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down4·1 year agoYes, I would say notepad would be the bigger loss. But wordpad is still the default for people before they learn about things like notepad++
minus-squaresloonark@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down2·1 year agoNotepad is the default text editor on Windows. I’d be surprised if most people even knew WordPad existed.
minus-squareM0oP0olinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoInterestingly enough I have seen a lot of new PCs that have Wordpad as default (mostly dells and some HPs).
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·1 year agoI have seen that too and the first thing you do is change it to notepad as wordpad isn’t good for text files
Wordpad is for whatever people use it for, and that is mostly looking at files in some sort of text (words on a pad). My point is if microsoft removes the ability to open a text file then the consequences are on them.
You’re thinking of Notepad I think
Yes, I would say notepad would be the bigger loss. But wordpad is still the default for people before they learn about things like notepad++
Notepad is the default text editor on Windows. I’d be surprised if most people even knew WordPad existed.
Interestingly enough I have seen a lot of new PCs that have Wordpad as default (mostly dells and some HPs).
I have seen that too and the first thing you do is change it to notepad as wordpad isn’t good for text files