HTML is really verbose. I personally prefer HAML for my own stuff (it's like comparing the same doc in XML to YAML), but Markdown is definitely easy to read for

HTML is really verbose. I personally prefer HAML for my own stuff (it's like comparing the same doc in XML to YAML), but Markdown is definitely easy to read for programmers and non-programmers alike. Its intention is to read like a plain text email. I would't say markdown is any easier to write because the verbosity of HTML tags and structure is usually taken care of with editor macros. It's definitely easier to read the source though.