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> Change happens. The low level tool that has served to rescue more systems than I can count does not need to "change" simply because "it happens, bro." > wh
by themafia 8mo ago
> Change happens.
The low level tool that has served to rescue more systems than I can count does not need to "change" simply because "it happens, bro."
> while we can mechanistically
You can rule it out with process as well. As in "don't change what isn't broken."
> If they can introduce an RCE to Notepad
Then they clearly feel they have no viable competition. This is table stakes. Getting it wrong should lose you most of your customer base overnight. Companies actually used to _work_ this way.
- perching_aix 8mo agoIf I told you to stop using computers, and then you won't have computer problems, I don't think you would find that particularly helpful or charitable either, would you? What you find a trusty "low-level" tool is a demo application for a basic WYSIWYG text editor. They modernized it so that it remains being perceived that way, instead of letting it be increasingly misclassified as a legacy product for the enthusiast, like you just did.
- themafia 8mo ago> letting it be increasingly misclassified "No, it's the customers who are wrong."
- perching_aix 8mo agoFrom their (supposed) perspective, yes. That's the idea I wanted to convey indeed.
- alwa 8mo agoI thought "basic WYSIWYG text editor" was more WordPad's lane, no? May it rest...
- RHSeeger 8mo agoThat was my first thought... Notepad is a plain text editor. Why add formatted text options when there's no good reason for it? Plus, judging by the image, it doesn't look like there's controls to interact with the plain text markdown. It seems more like it's a "you can use markdown _codes_ to trigger text formatting. Jira has exactly this, and it's horrible.