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Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by recursive »

jrm4 wrote: post #102
51Cards wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

When you buy a car are you concerned that it came with manufacturer monopoly provided radio, GPS, seats, tires and a jack? I mean you can go out and get third party versions of all of these things with improved functionality so why should they even include basic versions? Now how many people actually replace the radio in their car? Or the rims? Or the seats? A vast percentage of owners are very happy with the include…

If I could literally change any of those things in my FOR FREE, INSTANTLY, AT NO MARGINAL COST, AT THE PRESS OF A BUTTON, WITH EASY UNDO then yes I would. I would also be happy to always help out other people and share my changes with my friends. And I do this when I can. Guess why I can't, now. Come ON people.

The more you configure stuff, the less it interoperates. That's my experience. Defaults for life.

Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by badsectoracula »

koyote wrote: post #85
kgwxd wrote: post #25

I assume it will be at least as slow to load as the redesigned Calculator, and bug me to rate it Microsoft Store every now and then.

Out of curiosity I just opened up the new Calculator. It took around 150ms to load (at a guess, it was pretty much instant). How slow is it on your machine?? I've also not had it ask me to rate it on the store. I don't think it even exists on the store.

Since you guessed it instead of somehow measured it (i think you'd need a very high framerate camera to measure the time between click and app appearing to do that) perhaps it isn't that it is fast but you're just not sensitive to such small delays?

Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by elkos »

valenaut wrote: post #82
2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Notepad is core OS functionality? I think not.

For Windows I would say it is. Windows doesn't come with vi, nano, or any other terminal text editor, and some kind of text editor is needed for pretty much anything you would do with a computer.

I doubt this is the paradigm that Microsoft would like to promote. Interestingly, my limited interactions will Windows 10 I haven't had the chance or need to use a text editor.

Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by robertoandred »

Osiris wrote: post #111
pantaloons wrote: post #58

I worked on Windows back in 2014, probably the most surprising thing joining there out of college was looking through the bug database. Every issue that gets complained about online -- and many more -- are in there, and have been for a long time, marked WONTFIX due to a potential compatibility break, lack of priority, or some other policy reason. I don't know if anyone even owned Notepad or any other older inbox apps…

I have an app that has run on every version of Windows from 2000 through Windows 10. It now doesn't work in Windows 11 because they didn't reimplement the IDeskBand interface for the taskbar that my app uses to show remaining battery time. My app is even part of their compatibility test suite (they asked me for permission and a license). I understand the need to move forward and that BW compatibility can be hinder th…

And there's no supported way to show info in the taskbar?

Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by jenoer »

Shadonototra wrote: post #49

why this late? when was windows 11 released? why do they act a small indie company working on a week-end school project? this is so fishy..

Nothing fishy about it, its proper Quality Assurance using the initial release of Windows 11 as an MVP.

If they’d build preview versions of all tools that Windows (11) contains, then release a new Windows 11 preview build any time a tool receives updates (after community feedback) and ask for more community feedback on all of these releases (probably talking a new Windows 11 version every single day) and release Windows only when all the tools and their changes have been deemed worthy/bug-free it will be 2029.

Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by hvgk »

marginalia_nu wrote: post #110
hvgk wrote: post #2

Well that’s the one decent remaining bit of windows fucked up.

It's 2028. You're done writing a text file and go to save. It's not there. Where's the save button? Oh, there has been another automatic update. You wonder what you have to do this time. You press Ctrl+S. The screen locks. "Microsoft Account is signed out" Sigh. You enter your password. "Please verify it's you by saying 'Microsoft Edge is Great!'" Sigh. "Microsoft Edge is Great !" A Sarcasm Error Has Occurred. Please…

It sounds like you’ve tried to save a file in Microsoft word recently!

Re: Redesigned Notepad for Windows 11

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Post by elkos »

sz4kerto wrote: post #66
westcort wrote: post #35

Microsoft has not added any functionality to their operating system or applications since 1998–only bloat to keep up with the need to create a need for faster processors. I can’t think of one thing I can do in the Microsoft Office suite I couldn’t do 20 years ago. It’s just slower.

Collaborative editing? What have the Romans given us?

Wasn't collaborative editing provided by other platforms before Office?
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