I don’t see why people are complaining. If you use notepad for txt files, nothing changes.

SamuelAdams 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The concern is that more features introduces more risk. See CVE-2026-20841 for a recent example. If the application remained a simple text editor, it is unlikely exploits like this would be possible.

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-20...

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john_strinlai 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

true! more features is more risk.

but i dont think most people here are complaining because of security risk... otherwise they wouldnt be recommending things like notepad++, other obscure editors, or editors with way larger code bases.

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jajuuka 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

That's a false sense of security. We have a LONG list of vulnerabilities in open source software that were "simple" programs for decades. The house of cards approach to security is just not it.

	▲	sunaookami 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		More code = more vulnerabilites. It's a simple fact. Complexity kills.

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EvanAnderson 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The ergonomics of the new version are slightly different. The default behavior of opening tabs with previously-open files is jarring to me. I just remove it (Powershell command line in another comment) and the original "Notepad.exe" takes over.

I've spent a long time building up my muscle memory. I don't want my tools changing out from under me. If they wanted to ship an "enhanced" notepad they should have called its something else.

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whynotmaybe 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because we collectively used to make fun of users that were complaining whenever an icon moved 42 pixel to the right and now we're them.

But we think we're right and still we thought they were wrong.

If we were in a PHP forum, this would be my signature: I'm getting too old for this shit.

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encom 5 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Today Markdown. Tomorrow WordArt (but with AI probably).

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jajuuka 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's fashionable to hate on anything Windows. Especially in tech circles.

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pipeline_peak 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh I’m well aware, I just think this reaction is ridiculous.

Just make your own damn notepad if it bothers you lol.

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bigstrat2003 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

We used to have a perfectly good application that came with the OS. Then Microsoft ruined it. Yes I can make my own Notepad, but I shouldn't have to. If Microsoft really wanted a built-in text editor that had features Notepad didn't, they should've made a second application rather than ruining the minimalist one.

	▲	pipeline_peak an hour ago \| parent [-]
		>Then Microsoft ruined it How so? If all you do is load plaintext, you’ll never come across this feature. Even if you do, what’s the problem?

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JohnFen 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

> Just make your own damn notepad if it bothers you lol.

If you use many different machines throughout your workday, this means you have to carry a copy of your bespoke solution with you on a memory stick or something, and hope that the machine you want to use it on allows the use of memory sticks or unapproved software.

It's far better to use an application that you can count on already existing on the machines.

	▲	tracker1 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		TBF, a lot of people used to keep portable apps like this... then IT started locking down even being able to mount a USB storage device. I used to do this for my email and mail profile with a portable Thunderbird. I even worked on an app in a relatively secure environment where the work around for an early SPA and IE6-8 company wide, was for the systems analysts using our app to use a portable firefox browser on the user desktop. IE6-8 in particular were really bad when you had an SPA as you had events tied to dom elements across the COM bridge that wouldn't release unless all dom and script references were freed up. jQuery actually did this, if you managed everything through it, but our app was an early version of extjs... so after 3-4 hours it would just run out of memory and die.