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Notepad is "weak" for a reason: it aims for absolutely minimal dependencies so that it can still be used for system recovery when everything else has gone to he
by mrec 9y ago
Notepad is "weak" for a reason: it aims for absolutely minimal dependencies so that it can still be used for system recovery when everything else has gone to hell in a handbasket.
Hard to make that argument for Paint though, I'll grant you.
- jle17 9y agoAt the very least they could add support for Unix line breaks...
- garaetjjte 9y ago..and stop using BOM in UTF8 files...
- alanh 9y agoConsider the OS X equivalent, TextEdit. In contrast to Notepad, it remains fairly minimal while being upgraded to always use and showcase the latest OS X APIs and design standards.