You can spin the gear in Windows 11’s Notepad app and it’s pleasant

I’ve simply spent an hour spinning the gear in Windows 11’s new Notepad app. Reddit users found this pleasant addition to Windows 11 not too long ago, and as a every day Notepad person I’m addicted. Not on the extent of my Nineteen Nineties Solitaire dependancy, however I can’t appear to cease spinning this rattling gear each time I open Notepad now. Spin, spin, spin.

I don’t know why Microsoft added this tiny animation that most individuals won’t ever uncover, however I really like this little Windows Easter egg. It’s not restricted to Notepad both. The newest take a look at variations of Windows 11 embody a brand new Task Manager UI, and there’s a gear you’ll be able to spin there too. That means each time I’m going to power crash an app in Task Manager, I’m gonna spend extra time than I ought to spinning the little gear within the nook.

I shouldn’t actually be shocked that this exists, as a result of Microsoft does love an excellent Easter egg. The firm celebrated 20 years of Xbox final yr with secret symbols on its restricted version controllers and Xbox Series X console. Clippy additionally changed Cortana in a Windows Phone Easter egg, and a SkiFree-like browsing sport made its method into Microsoft Edge a few years in the past.

Some of Microsoft’s Easter eggs are so effectively hidden that they don’t get found for many years. A 20-year-old Xbox Easter egg was found final yr, simply weeks after one other hidden immediate was found in Windows 95.

Now, if you happen to e mail or tweet me and marvel why I haven’t replied… I’m in all probability busy spinning a gear in Notepad.