Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now

Post by lenkite » Fri, Nov 08, 2024, 8:04 AM UTC

ndiddy wrote: post #284

DCH3416 wrote: post #209

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My favorite thing is when I open VS2008 or something. And it blinks into existence faster than the splash screen window can render fully. I don't understand how the editor has regressed to the point that 15 year old software performs better than the modern equivalent.

After Visual Studio 2008, they rewrote the UI in WPF and started writing large components of the program in C#. This dramatically regressed performance, especially on a cold start (it runs decently if you've had the program open for a while). I'd probably still be using Visual Studio 2008, except it limits you to C89 and C++03.

Post by akimbostrawman » Fri, Nov 08, 2024, 8:33 AM UTC

AlienRobot wrote: post #161

You laugh, but there is nothing as good as old Notepad on Linux. Every single built-in "basic" text editor of every single distro comes with syntax highlighting, line numbers, tabs, etc. I just want a rectangle to type text into. Notepad is turning into what Linux text editors already are: too complicated.

Post by akimbostrawman » Fri, Nov 08, 2024, 8:36 AM UTC

nicce wrote: post #178

pantulis wrote: post #177

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Also traffic could be encrypted

Yes, it is TLS encrypted, but you can decrypt that. As far as I know, there isn't other encryption.

Post by t0bia_s » Fri, Nov 08, 2024, 9:08 AM UTC

okdood64 wrote: post #395

jonwinstanley wrote: post #120

Soon there won't be any safe place on Windows to copy and paste some random text/password/key that I don't want to get uploaded to some cloud service, or screenshotted and "analysed".

I don't understand why people still use Windows; especially after the whole Recall debacle.

Post by tigerlily » Fri, Nov 08, 2024, 10:45 AM UTC

llm_nerd wrote: post #226

optymizer wrote: post #74

Software companies want to shove AI everywhere because it's the shiny new thing. Hardware companies love it because they can finally have a way to fight the "it's good enough for email and browsing" argument to sell us more hardware.

They're shoving AI everywhere because it's extraordinarily powerful and truly differentiating. Being jaded and cynical about it doesn't change that reality. Obviously there will be winners and losers and it will shake out -- personally I can't imagine using notepad for more than pasting arbitrary text and it seems like the least features is the best -- but bonafide text tools without AI in 2024 are crippling.