Path: csiph.com!xmission!news.alt.net!not-for-mail From: owl Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Not just Linux has significant UI issues... a first look at Windows 10 Date: Wed, 23 Sep 2015 03:35:58 +0000 (UTC) Organization: ok by me, so long as it doesn't get out of hand Lines: 40 Message-ID: References: <19fb5f1f-922a-4303-9d3b-730c001444db@googlegroups.com> <7761f8ba-2702-4d4f-b5ab-460c7df32ed8@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: boom.rooftop.invalid Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.advocacy:322200 Nobody wrote: > On 9/22/2015 6:38 PM, owl wrote: >> Snit wrote: >>> On 9/22/15, 2:21 PM, in article fsa.fkd92@rooftop.invalid, "owl" >>> wrote: >> >>>> cc wrote: >>>> >>>>> Has notepad been updated? No. It's still using MFC for christ's sake and >>>>> has a 54k file size limit. Is it available in the app store? No, it is not. >>>>> Maybe they have BIG plans for notepad down the road, but everything the >>>>> VP has said is currently not true. Let me know when it is. >>>> >>>> I don't know what notepad's limit is, but it's far higher than 54KB. >>>> Here's notepad opening a 31MB file: >>>> https://vid.me/zkiY >>>> >>> >> >>> Gee, Notepad had that limit on Windows 95 and 98 but not since. LOL! >> >> Still good to go with a 215MB file. >> >> https://vid.me/9wA1 >> >> It goes into a "Not Responding" state for a while and takes an unreasonable >> amount of time to load, but it works eventually. It also allocates nearly >> 500MB for whatever reason. > According to this site: > http://www.gn.apc.org/support/understanding-file-sizes > 25MB is enough to hold the "approximate size of the 26-volume 1911 > edition of Encyclopaedia Britannica." > Why the hell would I need my WP to open a file nine times the size of > the entire Encyclopaedia Britannica? Why wouldn't you?