The Notepad That Knew Too Much: Humble Text Editor Gets Unnecessary AI Infusion
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Microsoft's addition of AI features to Notepad is seen as unnecessary bloat, with concerns about fragmentation and subscription ties, sparking debate about the simplicity and usability of the text editor.
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Still-changing deviations in expected tab and simple format structure between emerging versions . . .
Up until the last few years you could print any text file saved by any previous verion of Notepad for decades, and have it come out the same.
Nothing of the sort any more.
When the most useful feature of such a successful legacy app is that it never changes :(
I've said it before, technology has come a long way but people used to be more advanced. Especially at things like this.
Looks like they've built an entirely different tool now, and didn't have the guts to let it sink or swim on its own.
(28 points, 24 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44074690