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Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession (www.theregister.com)

submitted 10 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 4 points 10 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

The feature is not immediately accessible in any current Windows Insider build, however, enterprising users have ways and means to delve into the operating system and haul out experiments that are not yet ready to see the light of day.

A pop-up menu titled "Cowriter" is visible, with options to tweak the format and content of the text.

Microsoft has been hard at work ruining updating Notepad in recent years.

Its GUI was updated with the introduction of Dark Mode, and tab support turned up in 2023.

Something else could have been added to Notepad instead of AI but hey gotta ride the hype train."

AI in Notepad, as shown in the screenshots, does not seem to make much sense – we're sure the wise Register readership could think of something more appropriate for the editor.

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[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Not seeing anyone recommend Sublime Text here. It's free for non commercial use and is fucking kickass and doesn't look like it came out of the 80's like NP++

[–] HakFoo@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The more I look at modern UIs, which seem to have decided the best way to use the metric crapload of screen space a modern PC has is with gratuitious whitespace, the more I like 1990s UIs.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Sure, totally get you there, but part of what I like about Sublime is that the interface is clean, no buttons everywhere, nothing obtrusive, its just a text editor that packs a punch and has a lot of community built plug-ins to do whatever you may need.

[–] hypertown@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Personally I could never use a text editor that is free and not open source (Aside from built-in editors). For simpler stuff like config files etc I use Kate which looks nice, has syntax highlighting and is cross platform. For more complicated stuff I like VSCodium. Both are well maintained, and work great.

[–] KyuubiNoKitsune@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

We all have our preferences, I just happen to love Sublime

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 1 points 10 months ago

Hey! Don't bash things that lol like they come out of the eighties!

Cries middle ages tears

[–] blackluster117@possumpat.io 3 points 10 months ago

Notepads gang, rise up!

[–] shneancy@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I want my notepad to open in split second so I can jot down my thoughts when I'm in a rush so I don't forget things. or so I can copy multiple things, edit them slightly and paste them where I want them to be. or so I can pre-write a paragraph to send shortly without appearing as "this user is typing" to everyone as I rewrite a sentence for the 5th time, and to not fear accidentally hitting enter mid said paragraph.

I do not need my notepad to have AI. It's not broken, stop trying to fix things that aren't broken

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