Notepad 2 is a simple text editor with it you can create text documents. The most popular for Notepad 2 is text files (.txt) and ini files (.ini). With this program you can create Web pages or something else. If you using Windows XP style this program looks very nice. Nevertheless Notepad 2 very easy to use. It works very fastly and without errors. More information about it in program help.
You can't scroll with the wheel-mouse. But I don't use the wheel-mouse anyways.
Summary
You should use it.
Better than Windows Notepad in some ways, not in others
chance2now
Pros
Handles Unix-formatted text files, which Windows Notepad does not
Cons
Cannot scroll with a wheel-mouse. Find-text command is always case-sensitive, whether the box is checked or not. Didn't use the program for long, so don't know what else is wrong with it.
Summary
Problem in opening text files
whitefang razorblade
Pros
Extended version of notepad with great enhancements.
Cons
I don't if others are experiencing the same but I have problem opening text files. When I double click a certain text files on my hard drive it will open notepad 2 but empty content, as if you just open the application not even the filename of the textfile is included. Weird because I opened a text file on a mounted drive like a file from an ISO file and it opened the file right.