Re:Coding Horror: Treating User Myopia
by ash on Friday October 23, 2009 @08:46AM
(#898642)
I've posted this in the comments:
There's also a loss of information in the example. The user typed "\\<path to shared folder>\c". Markdown produced "\\c". I do understand it was interpreted as html tag. But I feel it had to be ignored - there's no "path" tag in html.
Edit: It was difficult to get this comment posted properly on Coding Horror - had to use < and > It's much nicer here on HN. KISS at its best!
There's also a loss of information in the example. The user typed "\\<path to shared folder>\c". Markdown produced "\\c". I do understand it was interpreted as html tag. But I feel it had to be ignored - there's no "path" tag in html.
Edit: It was difficult to get this comment posted properly on Coding Horror - had to use < and > It's much nicer here on HN. KISS at its best!