I prefer plain text. Plain text is best viewed in a program that turns URLs into follow-able links. I use vim. Press 'gx' in vim to open the URL under the curs

I prefer plain text. Plain text is best viewed in a program that turns URLs into follow-able links. I use vim. Press 'gx' in vim to open the URL under the cursor in your browser. Plain text is far more ubiquitous than Markdown, although Markdown is slowly gaining ground. Like Markdown, plain text also has different flavours. UTF-8 is my personal favourite. Like Markdown, plain text is easy to read in its source form. Unlike Markdown, there are clear standards for the rendering of plain text. In plain text, non-savvy people are not confused by ~this sort of thing and~ [this sort of thing](http://example.com http://example.com). In plain text, a line break is a line break. Swap out your README.md for a README today!