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NicholasWilliams
Bronze Contributor
Jul 02, 2026

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.

 

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  • Jamony's avatar
    Jamony
    MCT
    Jul 02, 2026

    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.

    • erikas8781's avatar
      erikas8781
      Copper Contributor
      Jul 03, 2026

      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.