Re:Show HN: I've built open-source, collaborative, WYSIWYG M...
by solarkraft on Friday June 23, 2023 @09:50AM
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> From my experience, the benefit of Markdown is that it eliminates the need for WYSIWYG, because WYSIWYG is awful to work with.
I can't tell you you're wrong because it's your experience, but ... mine is the opposite.
I don't like having to think about the markup, just show me what it looks like (no, not the "18px Arial #000 bold" kind, the "this is a headline" kind).
There are a few rich text editors, but they're all not very markdown compatible. But markdown is the format you almost always need for sharing and storing.
I can't tell you you're wrong because it's your experience, but ... mine is the opposite.
I don't like having to think about the markup, just show me what it looks like (no, not the "18px Arial #000 bold" kind, the "this is a headline" kind).
There are a few rich text editors, but they're all not very markdown compatible. But markdown is the format you almost always need for sharing and storing.