Comment by hsbauauvhabzb

8 hours ago

Wouldn’t VSCode be a better alternative to wordpad?

VSCode needs Electron which is too big IMO. It's also a specialised code editor instead of a general text editor, with features like builtin terminal and traditional menus instead of ribbons.

  • I mean, Microsoft is already using WebView and web technologies in Windows at this point. I agree electron is inefficient, but it's not particularly egregious when compared to what they're already doing

vscode requires downloading all the plugins on top, which is bothersome

wordpad is all-included on its own

  • People using markdown are probably also using vscode. It’s not like vscode couldn’t come bundled with markdown support if it doesn’t already.