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minus-squarecomador @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up60arrow-down3·edit-24 hours agoMicrosoft: We can’t spy on your usage when you use wordpad, use O365 instead! (guessing since MS recommends using O365 Word in its place). TBH, I haven’t used wordpad since Windows 98. Not saying others don’t use it, but Notepad++ and a myriad of other options are better anyway.
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·edit-23 hours agoIf they just wanted telemetry they’d just “enhance it” they way they did with the monstrosity that is new Paint or AI assisted notepad.
minus-squarenarc0tic_bird@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 hours agoAI assisted Notepad is a thing?
minus-square👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoYeah, though I don’t know if it graduated beta, because I don’t use windows 11.
minus-squareSentient Loom@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·3 hours agoDoes Notepad++ allow rich text?
minus-squarecomador @lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·3 hours agoOn a default install on NP++ you can only save as rtf, but there are addable plugins that give some rtf functionality. So as a direct answer, no, it doesn’t, but it can.
minus-squareswitchboard_pete@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 hours ago TBH, I haven’t used wordpad since Windows 98 which is why they’re getting rid of it it would probably be pretty easy to just patch telemetry into it, except nobody uses it because why would you
Microsoft: We can’t spy on your usage when you use wordpad, use O365 instead! (guessing since MS recommends using O365 Word in its place).
TBH, I haven’t used wordpad since Windows 98. Not saying others don’t use it, but Notepad++ and a myriad of other options are better anyway.
If they just wanted telemetry they’d just “enhance it” they way they did with the monstrosity that is new Paint or AI assisted notepad.
AI assisted Notepad is a thing?
Yeah, though I don’t know if it graduated beta, because I don’t use windows 11.
Does Notepad++ allow rich text?
On a default install on NP++ you can only save as rtf, but there are addable plugins that give some rtf functionality. So as a direct answer, no, it doesn’t, but it can.
which is why they’re getting rid of it
it would probably be pretty easy to just patch telemetry into it, except nobody uses it because why would you