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minus-squarehperrinlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·5 days agoWhy does the notepad app do anything but edit text?
minus-squareRickyRigatoni@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·5 days agoCreature feep
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoThey added markup so now links work.
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoWell, it was bad at that too. Until they vibe-coded it to a Wordpad2.
minus-squarepalordrolap@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoBecause Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and his underlings want every single one of their products to be an all-singing, all-dancing, AI-generated, AI-laden monster. The old style Notepad was too simple, so it had to go.
Why does the notepad app do anything but edit text?
Feature creep.
Creature feep
They added markup so now links work.
Well, it was bad at that too. Until they vibe-coded it to a Wordpad2.
Because Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and his underlings want every single one of their products to be an all-singing, all-dancing, AI-generated, AI-laden monster.
The old style Notepad was too simple, so it had to go.