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adacosta<a href="https://twit.social/@thurrott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thurrott</a> Why didn't they just keep <a href="https://twit.social/tags/WordPad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordPad</a> for this if their intention is to turn <a href="https://twit.social/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a> into a glorified <a href="https://twit.social/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordprocessor</a>? I personally just want it as a simple text editor. Another thing I hate, is every time I launch it, it pops up an annoying notification bubble that gets in the way.

Ben S.You may be wondering why the heck Microsoft rewrote the venerable Windows Notepad as a UWP app a while back. Unfortunately, I think we may now have an answer.Ladies, gentlemen, esteemed nonbinary friends: It is with a heavy heart that I report exhibit #4392685 that no corner of Microsoft's product portfolio is safe from Copilot creep.<a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Copilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Copilot</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>

MathzyAfter mostly de-googlefying earlier this year, I've now taken a leaf out of <a href="https://mastodon.green/@CiaraNi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@CiaraNi</a>'s book and started de-microsofting too.Notepad++ is a no brainer and I've downloaded <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@libreoffice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@libreoffice</a> too.Started going through my personal documents and changing the format from Office to Open Document Format.Ah - the thrill and satisfaction of removing big tech...<a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/LibreOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LibreOffice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/MicrosoftOffice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MicrosoftOffice</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Word</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Excel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Excel</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BigTech</a>

ComputerBaseFreier Text-Editor: Notepad++ 8.8 bringt Fehlerbehebungen, aber auch Neues <a href="https://www.computerbase.de/news/apps/freier-text-editor-notepad-plus-plus-8-8-bringt-fehlerbehebungen-aber-auch-neues.92398/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.computerbase.de/news/apps/freier-text-editor-notepad-plus-plus-8-8-bringt-fehlerbehebungen-aber-auch-neues.92398/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notepadplusplus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepadplusplus</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a>

Kelvin n0mql EN35ldSaw a great post complaining about <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> in <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a>It was well written, but warned that it was not an invitation to all the <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linux</a> folks, because he doesn't want his full time hobby to be fixing stuff on his one computer.I get where he comes from. Linux did indeed used to be that way not so long ago.But in the past few years, I spent more time fixing random <a href="https://mastodon.hams.social/tags/BrokenByUpdate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BrokenByUpdate</a> shit in Windows than I do now in Linux.

PhilFactors: 1. Accessibility. Not everyone has really fast (or stable) internet. 2. Environmental. There's no reason to use more computing power than necessary for the task at hand. It's wasteful. Very few people need the fancy features advanced text editors introduce. 3. Interoperability. Text files I write and send are readable *everywhere.* Try loading up Google Docs on a 1024x768 screen with a 256MB RAM Pentium 3. You'll be lucky if Google Docs even loads. 4. Privacy. A text file is easy to protect. GPG is the most straightforward. It remains small, and there's no way middle-men can read it. Google Docs? Google has root and they're not encrypted from them. So, good luck. 5. Account requirements. Text files require no accounts anywhere. All you need it an Internet connection and a DNS server that'll point your computer the right way. SaaS requires that you also have up-to-date software, a powerful computer, and that you register an account with them to access files shared with you. 6. Storage space. A text file takes kilobytes. A .docx file takes megabytes. My daily journal, which granted has some meta-data but is still plain text, is nearing on 580kb after three years of diligent, detailed journaling. I can't help but doubt that Word would even open a .docx file that large if formatted natively. (Thousands of headings, links, timestamps, etc.) 6. Feature-set. Plain text lets you do enough for 99% of all tasks. Yes, it's not as pretty, but within the bounds of putting characters into a file, you have complete freedom. Proprietary services, on the other hand, have a very very rich feature-set, most of which is irrelevant for 99% of users. The drawback of this is that every user is forced to load these rarely-used functions onto their own computer when the applications load up. That's wasteful, and likely cost the world hundreds of millions in unnecessary energy expenditure already. TL;DR: Use plain text unless you absolutely positively can't help it. It's seriously better in every way. <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/plaintext" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#plaintext</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/emacs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emacs</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/txt" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#txt</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/notepad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/bloat" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloat</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/bloatware" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bloatware</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/saas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saas</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/googledocs" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#googledocs</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/msword" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#msword</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/microsoftword" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoftword</a> <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/tags/rant" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rant</a> RE: <a href="https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://fed.bajsicki.com/notes/a6uy06mot0</a>

Pyrzout :vm:A first look at Microsoft’s new Xbox Copilot <a href="https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/649665/microsoft-xbox-copilot-first-look-notepad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/notepad-microsoft-newsletter/649665/microsoft-xbox-copilot-first-look-notepad</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Entertainment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Entertainment</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Gaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gaming</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tech</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Xbox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Xbox</a>

Pino CarafaWhen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> adds <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CoPilot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoPilot</a> to effin' <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> and <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meta</a> adds an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> option to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhatsApp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhatsApp</a> you know that the lunatics have taken over the asylum. Rational decision making has gone completely out the window with these companies. They see a shiny new bandwagon and by golly they're going to jump on it, whether it makes sense or not.For the love of all that is holy, or unholy, make it STAHP

George Ellenburg (he/him/his)<a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Microsoft" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> is too addicted to <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/AI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>. Not everything needs a fucking AI tie-in (or in this case summaries from <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/Notepad" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a>!) So thankful that there's no AI integration into <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/LinuxMint" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LinuxMint</a>. How do people not realize that all these AI integrations will most definitely be used as a <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/surveillance" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#surveillance</a> mechanism? <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/privacy" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://bofh.social/tags/security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> <a href="https://www.theverge.com/news/629412/windows-11-notepad-ai-summaries-snipping-tool" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.theverge.com/news/629412/windows-11-notepad-ai-summaries-snipping-tool</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@scottwilson" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@scottwilson</a> WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Enshittification</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a>

Brad LinderMicrosoft is rolling out a Windows update to testers that adds AI summarization to Notepad, which is quickly becoming less of a simple text-based app and more of a... I really have no idea. An earlier update added an AI Rewrite tool. <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/13/snipping-tool-and-notepad-app-updates-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2025/03/13/snipping-tool-and-notepad-app-updates-begin-rolling-out-to-windows-insiders/</a>

Fabian (Bocchi) 🏳️‍🌈Ok just found another instance of notepad being a password holder. Listen, never put passwords to notepad - Beginning with Windows 11 it keeps the password in on-disk cache if you only close notepad.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows11</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Security</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a>

Kevin Karhan :verified:<a href="https://infosec.exchange/@AmbianceAsunder" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@AmbianceAsunder</a> I mean, given the listed sample of a state-sponsored attack, we can assume the attackers have some basic project management skills and being able to collect both <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OSINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OSINT</a> and mobilize local assets to collect <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SIGINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SIGINT</a> on street level.<ul><li>Not to mention none of the revealed info indicates they could've done it with like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenStreetmap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OpenStreetmap</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GoogleMaps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoogleMaps</a> and a simple <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> at hand.</li></ul>After all, they most likely only realized that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WiFi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WiFi</a>-connected / authenticated devices are exempted by having collected <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/INTEL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#INTEL</a> on the targeted org's employees and their workflows.<ul><li>Making me conclude they had access to employer handbooks and IT documentation via a unclassified employee. But they couldn't risk have said <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/insider" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insider</a> / <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UC</a> blow their cover by i.e. smuggling in an unathorized <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/device" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#device</a> or sth.</li></ul>It would however make sense to have someone inside as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/canary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#canary</a> even if they ain't in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IT</a> nor have any privilegues…<ul><li>After all, depending on the organizational size it's a statistical inevitability to have privileged access...</li></ul><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4w6rloFpCI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4w6rloFpCI</a>

:blahaj: Why Not Zoidberg? 🦑Since <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/Notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Notepad</a> is now going to be shipped with a built in version of Copilot that will "summarize, edit and spell check" your entries... has anyone tried Notepad3? Saw it the other day, apparently open source. Is it full of ads and shit or is it useable?<a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a> <a href="https://topspicy.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a>

:blobcataww:Potentially weird question. Are there any ad-free, freeware* that works on android, that's basically just Notepad? I don't want anything fancier than a plain Notepad but it's really hard to find because of the noise to content ratio. Thank you.*Happy to pay for once only fee too, I don't sub anything though <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/android" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#android</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> <a href="https://toot.cat/tags/wordprocessor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wordprocessor</a>

The Peter Pan of Nerdery™ 🇦🇺🏜️<a href="https://mastodon.social/@schizanon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@schizanon</a> Boy, do I have an app for you.. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a>

The Life of BrianIf you use Windows Notepad, make sure you've got the latest version. Spell check has been added, auto correct as well as auto save. I still save important stuff but whatever you type is still there the next time you open Notepad. Yes, I know Notepad ++ has all that but I find the Window interface much simpler for the simple person that I am. My version is: Version 11.2406.9.0.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computer</a>

IT NewsNotepad’s spellcheck and autocorrect are rolling out to everybody after 41 years - Testing spellcheck... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035496" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2035496</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows1123h2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows1123h2</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows1124h2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows1124h2</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows11</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

IT NewsWindows Notepad’s midlife renaissance continues with spellcheck and autocorrect - Enlarge / "Notepad.exe but with spellcheck" looks pretty much exactly l... - <a href="https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012109" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/?p=2012109</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/windows11" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#windows11</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/notepad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#notepad</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a>

Brad LinderMicrosoft is bringing a spellcheck feature to Notepad, beginning with Canary and Dev Channel builds of Windows 11. It can be toggled on and off, but it's off by default for log files and some other apps "typically associated with coding." <a href="https://buff.ly/4a2UlkF" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://buff.ly/4a2UlkF</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Windows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Windows</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NotePad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NotePad</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SpellCheck" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SpellCheck</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Microsoft</a>

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