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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 23:47:23 JST Ars Technica

   Microsoft is killing WordPad, Windows’ 28-year-old built-in word processor

   WordPad is one of the few built-in apps not to be updated in Windows 11.

   https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/09/microsoft-is-killing-wordpad-windows-28-year-old-built-in-word-processor/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • Christian Mutig 👻🚫 (ductos@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 05-Sep-2023 23:55:49 JST Christian Mutig 👻🚫

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     @arstechnica That wouldn't mean the end necessarily. Just look at Windows File Manager.

   • Andrés Beyo (andresbeyo@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 00:09:53 JST Andrés Beyo

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     @arstechnica We'll always have #LibreOffice

   • GUOU (gaveuponusername@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 00:56:19 JST GUOU

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     @arstechnica pls stage an intervention for MS

   • .:\dGh/:. (darkghosthunter@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 01:26:29 JST .:\dGh/:.

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     @arstechnica Shame really, but it's a victim of the rising software scene: Notepad++, VSCode, LibreOffice, Google Docs, even own MS Office.

   • Grant_H (grant_h@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 02:44:39 JST Grant_H

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     @arstechnica I have an unusual use-case for WordPad. I am a high school teacher, and some of our exam candidates have "laptop concessions" - they may type their answers, rather than hand-write. But they must get no advantage other than the typing. So no spelling or grammar check. WordPad is perfect for this - various flavours of layout and format, but no additional help.
     I would be curious if any other tools meet this use-case?

   • Christopher (crito@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 06-Sep-2023 11:26:36 JST Christopher

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     @arstechnica

     Notepad++ is an amazingly powerful free text editor - particularly great for programmers/anyone writing code, html, etc.