https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/the-latest-app-to-get-a-windows-11-redesign-the-humble-notepad/

Windows 11 is out, but the process of updating the operating system's built-in apps continues. Over the weekend, screenshots leaked for an as-yet-unannounced redesign of the Notepad app, which currently looks and works more or less as it has since Windows XP came out two decades ago (though under-the-hood updates have added new capabilities, like support for the line-ending style used in Linux and macOS text files).

The screenshots were posted and deleted by a "Microsoft engineer" but preserved by FireCubeStudios on Twitter, and they suggest that Microsoft isn't reinventing Notepad in the style of more advanced apps like Notepad++ or Emacs. The screenshots show fewer menu options with a larger, more touch-friendly amount of padding between them, as well as theming options and setting a different default font. Also listed is a "Classic" mode for opening files, though exactly how that differs from the default experience remains to be seen.