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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by breadwinner on Saturday September 02, 2023 @10:24PM (#37367188)
Microsoft is slowly removing features, but is it adding any notable features?

Here are some examples of features I would like to see:

- Native Markdown viewer and editor, to replace Wordpad

- Disk space manager - graphically show where my diskspace went; allow me to find and delete large files

- Restartable and reliable file copy (similar to rsync on Linux)

- Notepad with same features as textarea element in browser, including spellcheck, multilevel undo/redo, completion, etc.

- Printing that can stay connected to printers on my local network

- Dictionary app (MacOS has it)

- Air drop compatible with iPhone

- A screenshot tool that allows you to type text (in addition to circling and highlighting and arrows)

- No system processes that randomly consume high CPU

- Command-line zip

- Instant search (Mac has had it for how many years now?)

- Stock app (MacOS has it)

- Beautiful widgets (like the old Konfabulator) https://arstechnica.com/features/2005/06/konfabulator/

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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by accoil on Saturday September 02, 2023 @10:31PM (#37367221)
> - Command-line zip

Does https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/microsof... do the trick?

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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by discreditable on Saturday September 02, 2023 @10:59PM (#37367333)
Only if you don't need to create ZIPs over 2GB.
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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by DHowett on Saturday September 02, 2023 @11:30PM (#37367475)
Windows includes BSD tar, which can produce ZIP files.

    tar -c --format=zip -f foo.zip path/
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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by causality0 on Saturday September 02, 2023 @10:47PM (#37367283)
For me the "canary in the coal mine" for when Microsoft actually starts caring about the user experience is when the taskbar dynamically expands and contracts with the number of open windows.
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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by Throw10987 on Saturday September 02, 2023 @11:04PM (#37367351)
Robocopy may be an approximate equivalent for rsync. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administrat...
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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by DieBruderBauer on Saturday September 02, 2023 @11:54PM (#37367579)
> - Disk space manager - graphically show where my diskspace went; allow me to find and delete large files

Try WinDirStat.

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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by binaryman1 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:11PM (#37426307)
I rather run Directory Report over WinDirStat. DR can save more reports, Scan millions of files, Find duplicate files too
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Re:Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years by binaryman1 on Thursday September 07, 2023 @06:11PM (#37426315)
I rather run Directory Report than WinDirStat. DR can save more reports, Scan million of files, and find duplicate files
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