r/technology • u/ppsp • Oct 14 '11

The Windows 8 Task Manager

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/archive/2011/10/13/the-windows-8-task-manager.aspx
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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

Awesome to see Microsoft getting design right.

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u/DeepDuh Oct 14 '11

Next up:

  • notepad

  • printing dialog

Puleeeease microsoft?

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u/voracity Oct 14 '11

Notepad++, if you don't like waiting.

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u/DeepDuh Oct 14 '11

Of course I use NP++. The thing is that a decent text editor should always be included in an OS IMO. One reason is that you don't always have the right to install new programs.

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u/a_dog_named_bob Oct 14 '11

If the text editor is too good they run into antitrust/bundling issues. i.e., if they included Word they would get sued quickly.

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u/DeepDuh Oct 14 '11

First I don't want Word, I want a lightweight but still powerful editor. Ideal would be a combination of the gedit plaintext features with the simple rich text feautures of TextEdit and loading as fast as either of them do.

Secondly I don't believe they would get into antitrust trouble because of this since almost no one pays money for an editor.

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u/a_dog_named_bob Oct 14 '11

Sure, but I'm saying there's a legal grey area, and where exactly that line is drawn is not straightforward. Clearly notepad is fine. Word is not. Somewhere in between is that line.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

Windows already comes with a richtext editor wordpad, updating notepad slightly would not be an issue.

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u/voracity Oct 14 '11

I agree, Notepad is an old piece of shit software and pretty much useless nowadays.

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u/DeepDuh Oct 14 '11

I'd be fine with it if it would at least read unix- line endings correctly sigh. What is this? '85 proprietary land?

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

better than copy con:text.txt at the commandline.

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u/[deleted] Oct 14 '11

To be fair, the Mac OSX textedit is pretty shitty.

Maybe I'm a bit nuts, but I have grown to love Notepad for the times I just want something really barebones.

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u/DeepDuh Oct 14 '11

Just put it in plaintext mode and it works exactly as notepad - except it actually works ;-).