Microsoft’s Notepad has long been a staple of Windows—a humble, fast-loading tool designed for jotting plain text with none of the bells and whistles found in more advanced editors. For decades, its minimalism has been both a blessing and a boundary, endearing it to a dedicated segment of users...
The humble Notepad app, for generations a staple of the Windows experience since its debut in the midst of the 1980s, is undergoing yet another transformation—a move that’s sparking both delight and consternation in equal measure across the community. Microsoft has begun rolling out light text...
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