> Not quite sure what you mean by normal. I just mean .. average users. Where a text box has some very limited features that may be thought of as the baseline,

> Not quite sure what you mean by normal. I just mean .. average users. Where a text box has some very limited features that may be thought of as the baseline, the standard, etc. Not even sure what qualifies as that, but i imagine a lot of users expect to be able to highlight text and make it bold, italics, etc. I love markdown and want to support it as the primary interface.. but i don't want to solely force it. I'd love a really, really thin layer of JS which just gives in-line highlighting for markdown, for example. I might try to make it honestly, if i can't find it. But that's a long ways down the road.