boem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoNot even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsessionwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square56fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10
arrow-up12arrow-down1external-linkNot even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsessionwww.theregister.comboem@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square56fedilink
minus-square4am@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoSometimes, programs just need to be simple. Put that AI shit in Word, notepad is supposed to be a plain text editor and it did so quite well. “Do one thing and do it very well” - Unix philosophy
minus-squareKogasa@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 months agoWindows has never even slightly pretended to follow that guideline
minus-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoAnd that’s why it’s awful
Sometimes, programs just need to be simple.
Put that AI shit in Word, notepad is supposed to be a plain text editor and it did so quite well.
“Do one thing and do it very well” - Unix philosophy
Windows has never even slightly pretended to follow that guideline
And that’s why it’s awful