MUO on MSN

Microsoft keeps ruining Notepad, so I replaced it with this free 3KB open-source alternative

I just wanted the old Notepad back.
TweakTown

Microsoft adds a generative AI feature to Notepad, its simple text editor

Use left and right arrow keys to seek audio. Simple text editors offer a way to edit or write plain text without fancy formatting or other features usually associated with word processors. Generally ...
Lifehacker

Wrttn.me Is a Simple Style-able and Embeddable Notepad

August 19, 2010 Add as a preferred source on Google Add as a preferred source on Google Wrttn.me is a notepad for the web that you can embed on any page and style with custom CSS. The embed code is ...
XDA Developers on MSN

TinyRetroPad is 130 times smaller than Windows Notepad, and it does everything that actually matters

A 2.73KB rewrite restores modern Notepad back to essentials by calling Windows APIs and Rich Edit for basic text editor ...
TweakTown

Notepad now lets you create tables, but is it one feature too many for this simple app?

TL;DR: Microsoft Notepad for Windows 11 now supports table creation with an easy toolbar grid and enhanced AI-powered Write, Rewrite, and Summarize tools for faster text generation. While these ...
Kotaku

40 Years Later, Microsoft Finally Adds Spell Check To Notepad

Microsoft’s free and simple text editor, Notepad, is finally getting a feature that many users have requested for years: Spell check. Finally, when you copy and paste random URLs or passwords into ...
Ars Technica

Looking for a simple and portable Notepad replacement

Can someone please suggest one ?? Note that I need only a simple text-only editor, with as less features as possible. For other editing I use Windows in-built "Wordpad" and "EditPad Lite" editor. But ...