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I hope they never drop paint and notepad. Since win 95+ i've found myself still using both enough that it would really freak me out if they suddenly got delete

• userbinator 9y ago
  That reminds me of a meeting I had with a Microsoft employee a while back --- while we talked, he was taking notes with... Notepad. Seeing someone who probably had access to use whatever Microsoft software he wanted including Word, OneNote, and whatever else they have, using Notepad, was a bit surprising and relieving.
  • jumpkickhit 9y ago
    There's a billion other apps, including ++ which I use. But for just quickly jotting down something, lightweight notepad works great, and being with the OS I know it's always right there.
  • mort96 9y ago
    If they had just fixed the stupid bugs (like ctrl+backspace inserting a square instead of deleting a word, or not supporting LF to terminate lines), Notepad would be a pretty great editor when you just want a very simple plain text file. About that first issue: both Explorer and Notepad, and probably a bunch more, insert a square instead of deleting a word when pressing ctrl+backspace. I just don't understand why Microsoft doesn't fix that kind of bullshit, and instead leave it in for decades. It's the same thing with cmd.exe; instead of improving it, they've left it in the exact same broken state since (probably before, but at least including) Windows XP, and instead of fixing the issues with it, created a whole new shell.