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"people who know what Markdown is" overlaps very much with "people who have to use google docs for work but would prefer a consistent editing experience". Basic
by SahAssar 3y ago
"people who know what Markdown is" overlaps very much with "people who have to use google docs for work but would prefer a consistent editing experience". Basically every dev I know has to use either teams/sharepoint/office or google docs, but most are also more comfortable with using markdown and use it for technical docs.
I'd love to have a google docs option of creating a "simple doc", that is backed by markdown and only supports the basics (headers, paragraphs, lists, maybe tables) and have a WYSIWYG for non-tech people and a (maybe git-based?) workflow for people used to markdown.
Something like what azure devops and github does with their wikis.
- watwut 3y agoYes, pretty much this. I use Sharepoint and teams because I have to, not because I would think they are good or because I liked them. Sharepoint in particular is horrible, Teams are only slightly better. I want markdown on sharepoint.
- aquaticsunset 3y agoTry Loop, if your organization has been enabled for it. It's exactly what people here are wishing Google Drive had.
- noisy_boy 3y ago> Basically every dev I know has to use either teams/sharepoint/office or google docs I think there is another sizable set which heavily uses wiki. At my work, most people use it (a very small set of people use SharePoint for mainly PowerPoint or formatting heavy docs).
- SahAssar 3y agoAre those devs not ever collaborating with non-tech people on documents? Also when you say wiki, do you mean a mediawiki instance or the ones included in things like github?
- danielvaughn 3y ago+1, I love google docs and also love markdown. If there was a shared markdown editor with the same collaborative features as google docs, i'd probably never use anything else.
- hiddew 3y agoWe use Slite extensively at work. Works pretty well to quickly create/edit documents with a nice editor. When you type Markdown, the content automatically resolves the styling/headers/lists. Multiple persons editing a document at the same time is (of course) supported. And every document can be exported as Markdown or PDF.
- indymike 3y agoSounds a lot like something like Notion?
- grumblepeet 3y agoSharePoint pages can now be created with Markdown BTW. There is a Markdown web part out of the box. Not so sure how Markdown files themselves are handled though, pretty badly I suspect.