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NicholasWilliams
Jul 02, 2026Bronze Contributor
Windows 11 Feature Request: Notepad as Chromium Wrapped App
I suggest Windows 11 Notepad be built with WebView2 / CEF (Chromium), with stripped components for efficiency and HTML/CSS/JS UI animations.
Jamony
Jul 02, 2026MCT
Hi Nicholas, interesting idea. WebView2 is useful for web-style UI, but Notepad’s value is that it is fast, simple, and lightweight. If Microsoft ever moved in that direction, startup time, memory use, offline reliability, and accessibility would need to stay the priority.
- erikas8781Jul 03, 2026Copper Contributor
You serious? I mean why do we need a notepad that runs inside a web browser.. it uses too much memory and can be buggy or lag to use.. a native app is already good enough.