My basic text editor on Winows somehow broke and crashes with a wired memory error so I WordPad is my basic text editor
Comment on Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
I get that people here hate MS, but defending Wordpad is a bonkers hill to die on.
It’s complete wank.
heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Akasazh@feddit.nl 9 months ago
Why not libre Office ?
derpgon@programming.dev 9 months ago
Notepad++ gang
verve@lemmy.ca 9 months ago
Or download notepad.exe lmao fucc
heimchen@discuss.tchncs.de 9 months ago
Takes a bit to long to start for such simple things like just fixing copy paste formation or testing different keyboards etc.
Quill7513@slrpnk.net 9 months ago
It’s the free (as in beer) program that comes with windows to open doc and rtf files and put together fine enough documents. Dropping it is Microsoft telling users unwilling to pay for word without the technical knowhow to get LibreOffice or Abiword going to get fucked. Its anti consumer no matter which way you slice it.
silentknyght@lemmy.world 9 months ago
I don’t think so.
My in laws are very technologically illiterate. I bet they have never opened word pad except accidentally… but I guarantee they know what “Word” is and think “word pad” is just some nerdy tech person word for the software they know.
I bet the number of people who both rely on word pad and who don’t know about any other free alternatives is so very low.
Blackmist@feddit.uk 9 months ago
It’s have to actually launch it to be sure, but I’m pretty sure you can open them in Edge these days, along with all the other office documents.
As for creating documents, your average social media comment editor has more features than Wordpad. Given that Chrome is still the most popular browser on Windows by some way, I think the average Windows user can download programs just fine. OpenOffice is even on the MS Store for those stuck on Windows S edition.