- The notepad obtains light text formatting capacities but only in tests
- These allow you to use daring and italics, titles and lists
- Some people appreciate these formatting extras, while others see them as an additional bloating – although in this case, the functionality can be deactivated
The notepad obtains light text formatting capacities in tests, in another decision to extend the set of application features which has proven to be predictable.
Microsoft wrote a blog article describing the changes that started to move to Windows 11 testers in channels and development channels via an update of the note application (version 11.2504.50.0).
The formatting capacities are a slight aspiration of support for fatty and italics, in hyperlinks, as well as titles (in a larger font) and basic lists (using fleas and similar).
Microsoft explains that the “Markdown” formatting syntax is used, which means that this maintains the simple and rationalized implementation. In addition, this formatting medium can be deactivated in the notepad settings if you are not going to use it and you don’t want it to drag.
Analysis: Light (formatting) and shadow
It looks like a fairly useful simple movement, so why is it divided as I indicated at the start? If you browse some reddit threads on this addition for the notepad, while you will see that there are users who approve of this plan, it will not take long before meeting someone who is not satisfied with the introduction of text formatting here.
The reason why some people have beef with what Microsoft does with the notepad, in terms of adding more and more functionalities – which has been the case for some time now – is that it is supposed to be a light, quick to load and responsive text editor. Fear is that the unnecessary bloating will clutter the application and slow it down.
In this case, however, the additional formatting options will be very useful for some (in particular people who are missing WordPad, the other text editor more extensive than Microsoft kept some time ago). And as they are implemented in Markdown, as indicated, any impact on performance must be minimal (or hopefully, nonexistent). In addition to this, being possible to deactivate formatting, it is not a feature that should contribute to any concern around the bloating.
The extras supplied by AI, on the other hand, well, it could be another fish pot, but it is clear enough that Microsoft is ready to continue to move on the supply of new features for the notebook.
