MUO on MSN

Microsoft keeps ruining Notepad, so I replaced it with this free 3KB open-source alternative

I just wanted the old Notepad back.
XDA Developers on MSN

TinyRetroPad is 130 times smaller than Windows Notepad, and it does everything that actually matters

A 2.73KB rewrite restores modern Notepad back to essentials by calling Windows APIs and Rich Edit for basic text editor ...
Neowin

Microsoft Weekly: New features for Notepad, Xbox handheld, fresh builds, and more

Fresh Notepad and Snipping Tool features, the long-expected Xbox handheld, plenty of new Windows preview builds, and more in this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap. Taras Buria Neowin @TarasBuria · ...
TweakTown

Extra features for Windows 11 Notepad go beyond worries about bloat, as new security flaw shows

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Windows 11's Notepad app is slowly becoming WordPad, after Microsoft ditched the latter, and made up for that (in a fashion) by adding quite a few extra ...
CNET

Microsoft Paywalls Its AI Features in Notepad and Paint

For the first time ever, you’ll need a paid subscription to access some features in Microsoft apps Notepad and Paint. Newer artificial intelligence capabilities have been added to these apps, such as ...
PC Magazine

Microsoft Adds Gen AI Features to Paint, Snipping Tool, and Notepad

Microsoft is testing a slew of new generative AI features for Paint, its Snipping Tool, and Notepad. They're open to Windows Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels on Windows 11, though some require ...