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Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Bytestream@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Unpopular opinion: Vista was actually a good step forward, but the hardware of the time wasn't up for the task which made it run like dogshit, and hence the public perception. It brought in better memory management, and UAC for better security among other things.

What worked, worked well and was actually useful was changed, removed, phased out...

MS by contrast just chucks the good things out and doesn't even let them floating around as something users may add to their system. Cortana, widely hated and unused, was phased out for one... wordpad being gone is so insignificant, it wasn't even very good at its primary task.

They often replace things, e.g. the Photos app had a Video editor built in but now that's a separate and better app. I think they're doing a pretty good job of their software range actually.

What bugs me about Windows is actually their striving so much for backwards compatibility that there's at least 6 ways to edit things or data and they're all still officially supported. It's a bit bloaty and no Devs have any consensus.

Does someone remembers the PowerToys collection?

The newer version is installed on my Windows 11 and is under active development.

[–] bemenaker@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Vista was a good idea and good start, but 7 was the finished product that needed shipped. Just like XP was the finished version of 2000, though 2000 wasn't bad, but XP was just better, more optimized, and yes hardware caught up also. 98, was 95 but better, fixed and polished. 10 was windows 8 better, fixed and polished, and they dumped that stupid fucking tablet interface that everyone hated, (and whoever put that interface in server 2012 needs to be beaten with a sand filled wiffle ball bat)

Backwards compatibility is why windows dominates the market. Without that, it wouldn't have taken over the business world. Legacy code is what makes the business world operate. Yes it hold back windows for some growth, but deprecating that would wreck so many businesses, especially small ones.