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teach markdown in schools. who needs word processors anyway? need something fancier than headings, lists, block-quotes etc? learn LaTeX. Text rendering can be f
by intpx 5y ago
teach markdown in schools. who needs word processors anyway? need something fancier than headings, lists, block-quotes etc? learn LaTeX. Text rendering can be fantastic in the browser.
I'm half joking, but I think the world would be a better place if folks had fewer, more precise ways of making words look the way they want
- nindalf 5y agoI love markdown, all my blog posts, TILs, book notes are in it. Even my presentations are written in markdown. But this comment is so obtuse and user hostile. Millions of people know how to use word processors. Let's not take that away from them or even imply that they're doing it wrong. They're fine. Software can always be improved, like the Docs team is attempting here. But we can't overnight tell people that their skills are obsolete because some developers somewhere like Markdown and Latex.
- discreteevent 5y agoTo me this is like saying that because we are no longer able to make good bicycles people should walk everywhere.
- jamiek88 5y agoShouldn’t software serve people rather than the other way around? This comes across as a ‘you’re holding it wrong’ type argument.