<story><title>Notepad++ v8 release</title><url>https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zuhsetaqi</author><text>Can you give a few examples? I’m not using computers that long and don’t know in which way modern software is so frustrating.</text></item><item><author>radmuzom</author><text>I wish we move back to the days when most software was like utorrent, notepad++, etc. The standard response to this statement is &amp;quot;but today&amp;#x27;s software does so much more&amp;quot; - to which I don&amp;#x27;t agree. As someone who has been using computers since 1994 - including machines which did not have a hard drive - modern software is very very frustrating to use in every way I can think of.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>arsome</author><text>Everything is now a bloated Electron app where all the features have been deleted. Try comparing Spotify to Amarok&amp;#x2F;Foobar&amp;#x2F;Clementine.&lt;p&gt;Even Firefox seems to just keep stripping out useful functionality for power users for some bizarre reason, no more full themes, limited extension APIs, poor UI customization and less advanced features like &amp;quot;view image&amp;quot;, it&amp;#x27;s like they&amp;#x27;re trying to alienate their most dedicated fanbase in an attempt to steal some marketshare back from Chrome.&lt;p&gt;Microsoft Teams runs so poorly on my work laptop that it&amp;#x27;s barely usable and lacks simple features like Push-to-Talk.</text></comment>
<story><title>Notepad++ v8 release</title><url>https://notepad-plus-plus.org/downloads/v8/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>zuhsetaqi</author><text>Can you give a few examples? I’m not using computers that long and don’t know in which way modern software is so frustrating.</text></item><item><author>radmuzom</author><text>I wish we move back to the days when most software was like utorrent, notepad++, etc. The standard response to this statement is &amp;quot;but today&amp;#x27;s software does so much more&amp;quot; - to which I don&amp;#x27;t agree. As someone who has been using computers since 1994 - including machines which did not have a hard drive - modern software is very very frustrating to use in every way I can think of.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>pulse7</author><text>Back in 90s there was a well defined menubar with all functions. Today you don&amp;#x27;t know where the functions are hidden - they may be everywhere on the screen, hidden behind visible or even unvisible graphical elements... This may be frustrating...</text></comment>