Comment on Microsoft retires WordPad after 28 years — app no longer available as of Windows 11 24H2

AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• spankmonkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I liked having the minimal formatting options in WordPad without the bloat of Word.

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  • FapFlop@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Wordpad is also able to open large text files without having a stroke. RIP

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    • mdd@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      This is my most common use. It is grrat for opening large log files on servers.

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      • Nusm@yall.theatl.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        I read that like you’re Tony the Tiger. “It is GRRRRRREAT for opening large log files.”

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      • where_am_i@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        The holy spirit help you with your servers that run on windows.

        I’d also suppose this update won’t affect you, cuz you’re hopefully not running latest win11 on a server.

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    • davidagain@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In the nineties it produced the cleanest .rtf output of all the editors. Word makes toxic .rtf that unnecessarily turns formatting off and on at every line break and elsewhere too.

      If it weren’t for wordpad I wouldn’t have learned how to output .rtf from my code.

      RIP WordPad.

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• sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Word is now so bloated that I fear using it. It’s nice to have Wordpad.

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  • werefreeatlast@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

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    Ah. Are you trying to write about Theodore Roosevelt? Bing can help!

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    Here are 10,000 links to Theodore Roosevelt

    The fox…

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    • AbidanYre@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      As if Clippy wasn’t doing that 25 years ago.

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      • Deceptichum@quokk.au ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yeah but Clippy was attractive.

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• reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  its pretty neat if you dont have access to word, which is likely why they want to get rid of it

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  • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Doubtful. There are a myriad of free and FOSS options that are available right now to people of even limited technological skill. WordPad isn’t damaging their bottom line, but since it’s certainly not adding to it, there’s no point in maintaining it.

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    • reksas@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Thing about wordpad at least for me is that its just there if you need to make quick document that doesnt have to be as specificially made as you need to use word, but still more nice looking than just using notepad. You also dont need word to read stuff made with it.

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      • ilinamorato@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Sure, though it’s not something that anyone is likely to switch OSes for.

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• altima_neo@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Can’t say I ever needed it in the 28 years I’ve been using Windows. I’m sure there are plenty who did, though.

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  • LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I used it all the time to save text temporarily in. Note worked too, but i like the line break that WordPad had. It made reading and formatting easier.

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• pandapoo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  As others have said, fast opening quick notes with basic formatting.

  For example, if I get an unexpected call I need to write down more than a call back number, Wordpad was my go to.

  Well, at least when back when I used Windows regularly.

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• captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Microsoft’s business model has often gotten in the way of anything they do making sense.

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  • supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Is there anything left to microsoft that makes sense at this point? Maybe the physical doors to the microsoft offices still function… after you watch an ad?

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• Whelks_chance@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Rtf is far more lightweight than docx. It’s closer to markdown.

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• stoly@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  It was created for people to open Word docs at home before everyone had Office.

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• Aceticon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Best Windows built-in way to open files with Unix end lines.

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