alt Hacker NewsMy most recent astonishment was they've shoved copilot into notepad. Why did they get rid of Wordpad and ruin notepad again? It's like they've forgotten the entire purpose of Task Manager, Notepad, etc. Then again (gestures at World Economic Forum today)...feels like I'm mainlining crazy pills these days.
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deltoidmaximus • yesterday at 7:42 PM
Telemetry said a lot of people were using notepad so if they shove AI into it the AI usage number goes up.
p_ing • yesterday at 7:45 PM
The purpose of Notepad, for Microsoft, is that it is an experimental playground, and always has been.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180521-00/?p=98...
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Wordpad confused too many people looking for Word and not finding Microsoft 365 for Family Workgroups Home Edition, especially after they boosted Windows 10 Wordpad to have enough features/power to replace the lost word processor of Microsoft Works, so it was removed.