- From: Mike Schinkel <mikeschinkel@gmail.com>
- Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 00:48:38 -0500
>> Consequently these systems implement some sort of >> markdown format that's simpler and allows users to >> enter data in plain text or increasingly with a WYSIWYG >> editor. All that's needed is for these systems to generate >> valid markup, and we're done. Mot users don;t need to >> know any details of this. Not all use markdown, many allow HTML, especially blogs. And the more I've thought about it, the more I think markdown might be a bad idea (future blog post planned on that topic, once I've crystalized my full thoughts on the matter.) -Mike Schinkel http://www.mikeschinkel.com/blogs/ http://www.welldesignedurls.org/ P.S. If markdown IS the answer, I think the W3C needs to define a standard for such markdown. There are too many competiting implementations for userrs to learn today.
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