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> even Notepad now has a Copilot button, which is something literally nobody has ever asked for

AI is like crickets - some people like the sound, some ignore the sound, and some are driven crazy by the sound

I really hate what they've done to notepad. The entire point of the program was that it was extremely basic. There's zero reason to use it now over something much better like notepad++

The absolutely insane addition of the Copilot button aside, new Notepad did have some improvements that I liked. Tabs are one, but another overlooked feature is that it now keeps track of its state and maintains all the unsaved files that are open in it, allowing me to use it as a momentary place to jot down things that I want to remember but that I don't want to save in a txt file. Basically, like more full-fledged and convenient sticky notes.

So it's now like TextEdit.app running in plaintext mode. Plus one Copilot button evidently. Cool.

Everyone's hating on win11, but I'm getting more and more inclined to switch off osx day-by-day. Direct X and gaming is a powerful drug.

> another overlooked feature is that it now keeps track of its state and maintains all the unsaved files that are open in it, allowing me to use it as a momentary place to jot down things that I want to remember but that I don't want to save in a txt file.

There are plenty of apps that do exactly this. Sublime was the best of them that I know.

Notepad was great for the opposite reason. It is ephemeral. I can use it as a scratch pad for passwords and what not, with the comfortable knowledge that it’s all cleared away next reboot.

You can bring classic notepad back, it’s still there, so that’s what I do.

Notepad has always been a test ground for new features that may or may not make it to other parts of Windows.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20180521-00/?p=98...

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