[zadikian]

Meanwhile TextEdit on Mac always rendered HTML. Which seems useless until you realize it can also edit and save as HTML. So there's casually a wysiwyg web editor built into macOS that idk how many people use.

[sysguest]

idk maybe TextEdit DOES have some rce not discovered yet?

maybe we should separate "real origianl text-only editor" from "fancy text editor"?

windows already got wordpad... why even lay a finger on textpad?

[edp]

Windows had wordpad but it was discontinued two years ago : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WordPad

[LtWorf]

If it also allowed me to type what I want instead of changing every single word due to "spell check" it would actually be a useful tool!

[pferde]

Spell check is fine - highlight misspelled words, offer corrections when asked. What's incredibly harmful is autocorrect, as it slowly but surely causes vast majority of computer users to become partly illiterate. And nobody gives a damn, because hey, we're efficiently saving time!

[zadikian]

Ok wysiwyg web editor is maybe overselling it. You can make a text-only page in it. Still neat.