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-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
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