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Comment by darkstar999 | Hacker News Reader

This is a non-story.

Start menu -> Windows Accessories -> Notepad

Am I missing something?

Yes, the story is not that notepad is in some weird place in windows 10 - it is still where most HN readers know to find it.

The story is about how regular people deal with computers, as can be read in the comments.

It's like that story about how one day the google search 'facebook login' took people to a forum page that let people comment using their facebook credentials, and we got to find out how many users just type 'facebook login' to whatever text field they run across, type their username and password in, and then get really confused when it's a random forum page and they can't see their normal feed.

It was a news article on ReadWriteWeb, with Facebook comments. The number of people that not only blindly clicked the first search result out of habit, but also didn't realize that they've landed on a news article on a completely different site was stunning. Truly an Internet classic, thanks for reminding me.

> Ok If I have to I will comment,I love facebook so right now just want to log in if thats ok with you..lol Keep up the good work...

> The new facebook sucks> NOW LET ME IN.

> I WANT THE OLD FAFEBOOK BACK THIS SHIT IS WACK!!!!!

> EXCUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHY NOT JUST LEAVE IT ALONE!!!!!!!!!!!1111

> I just want to log in to Facebook - what with the red color and all? LOLLLOLOL!!!!!111

> This is such a mess I can't do a thing on my facebook .The changes you have made are ridiculous,I can't even login!!!!!I am very upset!!!

> Seams like all of the comets i read agree with me you people messed up royal i was enjoying facebook now i am thinking of getting rid of it all

https://web.archive.org/web/20100303073613/http://www.readwr...

This reminds me of the Google Play reviews for any built-in app ever:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.and...

Thanks for posting this - it's remarkably hard to search for.

Oh my god this is amazing.

Is it in a weird place though? Notepad has been under Start -> Accessories since the debut of the start menu in Windows 95. The only change is naming the folder Windows Accessories instead of Accessories.

Seems like a pretty big change to me. Not only has the folder name changed with no indicator that it has changed, but now since it's "W" instead of "A", it's near the bottom instead of at the very top. Plus, Windows 10 now has /way/ more pre-installed applications, which means you have to do a lot of scrolling before you get all the way to the "W" section.

If you even realise you can scroll! Without using a mouse wheel, there's just that tiny thin black scrollbar.

I forgot all about that.

> Am I missing something?

The whole of the linked article, apparently.

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