The simplicity that made the Windows Notepad so special is starting to be ruined, and Microsoft may be going too far with new features.

— Mayank Parmar (@mayank_jee) July 6, 2025 Notepad's markdown is a great example of how Microsoft can add new features without annoying existing customers who love the app for its simplicity.

For years, Notepad has existed as a bare-bones text editor. No longer. Microsoft keeps adding to it, including a new update that includes capabilities that you might have expected in another ...

Microsoft wrote a blog post describing the changes which have started to roll out to Windows 11 testers in the Canary and Dev channels via an update to the Notepad app (version 11.2504.50.0).

On Windows 11, Notepad includes a slew of features you probably don't know, including spell check and autocorrect, font customization, redesigned find and replace, startup behavior, dark mode, etc ...

NotePad2 hits the sweet spot for me. If you try it and like it, you can have NotePad2 replace NotePad with a tweak to the Windows registry. You can even have NotePad2 support Windows 7's jump list of ...