Microsoft Is Getting Rid Of WordPad After 28 Years - The Veteran Editor Has Been Present In The OS Since Windows 95 - Gadget Tendency
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Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11

Microsoft is getting rid of WordPad after 28 years – the veteran editor has been present in the OS since Windows 95::Microsoft has begun getting rid of another veteran application in its proprietary operating system. The company has released a new test build of Windows 11

  • thehatfox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    38·
    5 months ago

    Seems kinda sad. I doubt it’s a program many people use (or even know of) these days, but there is an odd charm to super simple rich text editors like WordPad and TextEdit in macOS.

    I suppose AbiWord sorta fills that niche as a replacement.

    Anyone remember Microsoft Office’s weird cousin, Works?

    • shalafi@lemmy.worldEnglish
      113·
      5 months ago

      Forgot Works ever existed! That takes me back. So glad they killed that mess.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      I’m trying to use AbiWord when possible, but since it supports DOCX, I use it for DOCX, and a heavy DOCX file opened in AbiWord means lots of CPU usage all the time it’s opened, while LibreOffice doesn’t have that problem.

      Maybe Ted fits more as a WordPad replacement.