Microsoft Is Testing a New, Groundbreaking Feature for WordPad: Ads for Office Web Apps

[Tsing]

Image: Rafael Rivera



Microsoft has been thoroughly criticized for sneaking advertisements into Windows 10’s UI and modern apps, but it doesn’t look like the company will be stopping any time soon. Engineer Rafael Rivera has discovered that WordPad, Microsoft’s old (but trusty) word processor, could soon display banner ads.



Rivera’s image alludes to at least six different variants, which sit between the toolbar and ruler. All of these prompt the user into dumping WordPad and switching over to Microsoft’s modern, web-based office apps (e.g., “Try Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for free online,” “Try Office for free online”).



BREAKSCLUSIVE: Microsoft WordPad is getting a new feature! An ad for Office web apps!Screenshot shows 6 experimental variants.vso/tfs id 23834136variants 1-6...

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[Brian_B]

Sign me up - best OS feature ever.

 

[Grimlakin]

wow... I mean I'm not surprised but... wow.

 

[Burticus]

Next up.... ads in command line.

Try all new Command Line 10.0 available from the Windows Store! C:\fml.bat

side topic - I'm noticing the comments for front page tech news now want a login? But if I go to forums first it logs me in auto.... something has changed

 

[David_Schroth]

Next up.... ads in command line.

Try all new Command Line 10.0 available from the Windows Store! C:\fml.bat

side topic - I'm noticing the comments for front page tech news now want a login? But if I go to forums first it logs me in auto.... something has changed

Something screwy is going on with the synch in a few places - users stopped replicating and not all comments are making it across the golden bridge... I'll probably have to bring out the police tape and orange cones (was working on this then noticed someone from China hammering the server and spiking cpu so went about banning them first...)