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.
You lost me with all the ads baked into the OS. You’re not gonna win me back with… checks notes Notepad.
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.
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)
Hardware requirements: 1.8 GB of storage 12.5 GB of RAM
I mean it’s a good change, but it doesn’t exactly overcome all the bloat, spying, MS messing with your settings, inconsistencies, dark patterns, and ads in Windows.
E: presumably the downvoters love ads and data harvesting? You do you lol
Then what is even Charactercountpad for?!
Wordpad is the step after Notepad, not Notepad again.
Just use VSCode ffs.
Also, yes I endorse VSCode wholeheartedly but do whatever works for you.
Notepad++ is fine for the vast majority of people.
