Notepad on Windows 11 is finally getting a character count

Technology@lemmy.world – 184 points – 10 months ago

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.

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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)

Those stats are hardly concerning without context IMHO.

I use notepad almost daily and I haven't noticed any crashing or slow downs. Not all increases in size are bloated I find many of the features they added to be extremely useful and 3MB is hardly consequential