Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count - eviltoast
You’ll soon be able to hide the news feed in the widgets panel, too.

Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count::Microsoft is finally adding a character count to Notepad on Windows 11. It’s in testing alongside the ability to hide the news feed in the widgets panel.

  • Kogasa@programming.devEnglish
    242·
    1 year ago

    Notepad.exe is like the one thing I can always count on to open and edit text and save and that’s it. Looking forward to it crashing, hanging, and generally sucking.

    • d3Xt3r@lemmy.nzEnglish
      115·
      1 year ago

      It has already become bloated, I wouldn’t be surprised if crashes and hangs come next.

      Old Notepad vs New:

      • RAM usage: Doubled (1.6 MB -> 3.4 MB)
      • Disk usage: 10x increase (356 KB -> 3 MB)
      • Number of files: 27x increase (1 file -> 27 files)
      • Franklin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        71·
        1 year ago

        I use notepad almost daily and I haven’t noticed any crashing or slow downs. Not all increases in size are bloated I find many of the features they added to be extremely useful and 3MB is hardly consequential