Just wanna point out that notepad is the worst fucking text editor in the entire world, it does a lot of sneaky things with encoding and line endings and alters files without the need of the save command. No wonder why MS wanted to hide the damn thing.
Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
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Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#62I'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? ;)
Don't think I've reached that level yet. Admittedly it is a hard game. https://store.steampowered.com/app/230270/N_NPLUSPLUS/
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#63wow, just realized some of us have been using shortcuts for so long that we don't know when things get moved. also the "windows" key argument was kinda moot because most keyboard have a key that isn't a "windows" key but works similar...
I've owned many a keyboard, I don't recall a single one without a Windows key.
Ruggedized keyboards for self-service kiosks don't typically have a windows key or ctrl, alt, and ESC (and if they do there is usually a hardware switch that disables them)
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#64wow, just realized some of us have been using shortcuts for so long that we don't know when things get moved. also the "windows" key argument was kinda moot because most keyboard have a key that isn't a "windows" key but works similar...
I've owned many a keyboard, I don't recall a single one without a Windows key.
On the other hand, I have 6 keyboards near my desk and only one has a Windows key. YMMV, I guess
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#65Fifteen years ago, one of the Microsoft fanboy arguments against both Linux and LibreOffice (then OpenOffice.org) was that neither worked exactly like Windows / Office. Then Microsoft comes along and changes everything. The Ribbon instead of the pull down menus. Now which office suite works more like what users have used for a couple decades? Windows 8 comes along with a totally different UI. So different that ordina…
Fifteen years ago, Windows 95 was only 9 years old. I think changing something 9 years old over the course of 15 years is probably an acceptable speed.
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#66It's surprisingly hard to type instructions that everyone will follow the same way. "Go to the Start menu" is useless. Probably best to shoot videos nowadays.
Yeah, and its a good thing that video is now an option.
When I was a kid, often in the position of helping old people with computers, there was a major behavior difference I often observed.
I looked at the screen "globally", and would identify elements of interest within it. So you could tell me to find something on the screen, and I'd look at the whole screen to spot it.
They had a small mental "viewport" (maybe 2"x2") whilst looking up through their bifocals, that they would only be able to notice elements within. So you first had to steer their viewport to the right region of the screen, and only then could tell them what to look for within it. This gets especially frustrating when dealing with a windowed UI that could ostensibly pop up a dialog box anywhere.
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#67Beyond 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.
Ah "washing the clipboard", I guess that's the term for it.
I turn on the address toolbar on the taskbar (underneath all the icons); it's great to navigate to files/directories by typing (especially with auto-complete, which wasn't there on Windows 9x!), and I also use it for "clipboard washing".
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
The windows button looks more like a flag than a window, nothing to do with starting anything!
The "Start" button was never really about starting things in the first place. After all, clicking "Start" was the first step to shutting down your computer! Perfectly intuitive... Now it doesn't even say "Start" on it, and yet they persist in calling it the "Start menu".
I think the intent of the name was for the millions of new computer users at the time to think 'start here' when their computer booted up. And besides, if they didn't call it Start their Windows 95 ad blitz with Rolling Stones music would have made no sense at all! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chTftktWmto)
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#69Fifteen years ago, one of the Microsoft fanboy arguments against both Linux and LibreOffice (then OpenOffice.org) was that neither worked exactly like Windows / Office. Then Microsoft comes along and changes everything. The Ribbon instead of the pull down menus. Now which office suite works more like what users have used for a couple decades? Windows 8 comes along with a totally different UI. So different that ordina…
Office 2007 ribbon was a terrible release. I am an Office power user and I still have to dig through well hidden “advanced” dialog boxes that were previously exposed in the UI to do things that I remember Office was capable of doing.
I still hate that change.
Re: Where is Notepad in Windows 10? (2015)
#70This 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…
I was troubleshooting WhatsApp over the phone for a relative work different hardware... Took me a bit of time to realize "solid triangle-ish" was wifi and "cup" was microphone. But for the Gen-Z and after, how would you intuitively represent Save and Call to people who've never seen a floppy disk or a phone handset?