Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015) • Hacker News Board

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:03 PM UTC

prepend wrote: post #7

winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

I prefer txt files for config and notes. I don’t care about formatting so word or word pad are too much. I also use notepad as my goto “paste without formatting” as it’s typically faster to wash the clipboard through notepad than use whatever “paste special” ui an app has.

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Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by Neil44 » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:03 PM UTC

basch wrote: post #21

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

>it appears when you start typing. This is a shockingly common problem for people. I can tell they feel uncomfortable just typing without a place "where" the typing will go. Many people will click the magnifying glass and then again place the cursor into the search field. Same with google, they will click the search field, then the cursor moves to the address bar, they feel surprise, and then place the cursor in the…

Not to mention all the times when the index has borked its self and search just returns results from Bing instead.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by jmull » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:05 PM UTC

stoolpigeon wrote: post #13

winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

I teach a class in a small high school about building websites. Right now I'm teaching CSS. For HTML and CSS I have the students use notepad or textedit. It's really nice to have a plain text editor that doesn't help them in any way, produces files that will work in the browser and they get to learn better I think. Maybe a small use case but one that makes me glad the tools exist.

It looks like notepad still only has one level of undo. I don't think that's reasonable for any kind of composition or editing.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by mamon » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:07 PM UTC

willis936 wrote: post #23

ropiwqefjnpoa wrote: post #6

I've got it pinned in the taskbar next to N++

N++ is really great but what if I want to open text files larger than 4 GB? ;)

On a single machine? You need a Hadoop cluster for that :-P

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by Filligree » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:08 PM UTC

komali2 wrote: post #29

This is a pretty fun submission. I like peering into the lives of computer users that don't have the level of computer literacy I'm used to day to day. It's a good reminder. > This answer is not helpful. There is no start button. Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people. > Thank you, Brian- I would surely never have looked there, for anything, never…

> A while ago there was an article where a woman was trying to user testing in a mall and instead found an old guy who had literally never touched a computer. Reading that experience was fascinating.

I missed that article. It sounds fascinating -- I don't suppose you have a link?

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by nkrisc » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:10 PM UTC

deogeo wrote: post #4

winternett wrote: post #2

Beyond saving anything bigger than a sentence it really has no use. I almost dropped dead in shock to see they updated MS paint to Paint 3D, but then I realized that Its still intentionally limited and severely clunky to encourage you to spend money on Photoshop. :/

Intentionally limited how?

Intentionally limited like how my car is intentionally limited by not having wings.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by ogre_magi » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:11 PM UTC

I have a hard time considering people who aren't natural power-users of technology human.

I recognize that this is a failing of mine.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by pradn » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:12 PM UTC

komali2 wrote: post #29

This is a pretty fun submission. I like peering into the lives of computer users that don't have the level of computer literacy I'm used to day to day. It's a good reminder. > This answer is not helpful. There is no start button. Because it's just a little windows icon now - easy to forget that that doesn't just make sense to some people. > Thank you, Brian- I would surely never have looked there, for anything, never…

The windows button looks more like a flag than a window, nothing to do with starting anything!

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by wheelie_boy » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

darkstar999 wrote: post #26

This is a non-story. Start menu -> Windows Accessories -> Notepad Am I missing something?

Yes, the story is not that notepad is in some weird place in windows 10 - it is still where most HN readers know to find it.

The story is about how regular people deal with computers, as can be read in the comments.

It's like that story about how one day the google search 'facebook login' took people to a forum page that let people comment using their facebook credentials, and we got to find out how many users just type 'facebook login' to whatever text field they run across, type their username and password in, and then get really confused when it's a random forum page and they can't see their normal feed.

Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)

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Post by EamonnMR » Thu, Oct 24, 2019, 5:14 PM UTC

basch wrote: post #21

gruez wrote: post #9

>Step 1: > Go to Start menu. > Type notepad and press Enter. >I tried Step 1 prior to posting here. It doesn't work! Works for me on the latest windows. Granted, there's no textbox to type into, but it appears when you start typing.

>it appears when you start typing. This is a shockingly common problem for people. I can tell they feel uncomfortable just typing without a place "where" the typing will go. Many people will click the magnifying glass and then again place the cursor into the search field. Same with google, they will click the search field, then the cursor moves to the address bar, they feel surprise, and then place the cursor in the…

In many applications (JIRA, Vim) typing without being in a text input field can cause all kinds of trouble. Heck, in browsers if you type 'backspace' you can end up going back and page and blowing away all of your precious form input. Not to mention the very real possibility that their work, the text they've typed, will be dropped on the floor. We have been trained by these dangers to avoid typing without a text prompt.