Re:Pell – A simple and small rich-text editor for the web
by jancsika on Thursday July 13, 2017 @07:57AM
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> The reason other editors are so big is because the take editing behaviour into account.
It doesn't take it into account as much as it hoists an implicit imperative programming language onto it.
Of course learning markdown for a non-technical user isn't easy, and having a separate "Preview" pane to show the final product certainly isn't a great UX. But it is a delight compared to "for a simple URL, I type the URL, click <Enter>, then either click the 'X' on the big preview graphic that inescapably appears or click <ctrl-z> then enter again to get rid of whatever <div> monstrosity Yahoo just added to my message."
It doesn't take it into account as much as it hoists an implicit imperative programming language onto it.
Of course learning markdown for a non-technical user isn't easy, and having a separate "Preview" pane to show the final product certainly isn't a great UX. But it is a delight compared to "for a simple URL, I type the URL, click <Enter>, then either click the 'X' on the big preview graphic that inescapably appears or click <ctrl-z> then enter again to get rid of whatever <div> monstrosity Yahoo just added to my message."