dantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comexternal-linkmessage-square432fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down123cross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
arrow-up1992arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 yearswww.bleepingcomputer.comdantheclamman@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square432fedilinkcross-posted to: technews@radiation.party
minus-squaremonkeyslikebananas2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 years agoYou’re thinking of Notepad I think
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down4·2 years 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-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoNotepad is the default text editor on Windows. I’d be surprised if most people even knew WordPad existed.
minus-squareM0oP0o@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoInterestingly enough I have seen a lot of new PCs that have Wordpad as default (mostly dells and some HPs).
minus-squaremacrocephalic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 years 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