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Easier to type? Sure, but I don't think HTML5 tables are easier to read than markdown tables

• enriquto 3y ago
  Thanks to optional closing tags, html5 tables are quite neat: <table> <tr> <td>first row, first column <td>first row, second column <td>first row, third column <tr> <td>second row, first column <td>second row, second column <td>second row, third column </table> Does it get any better in markdown?
  • eviks 3y ago
    The fact that you need to list columns in rows already makes it NOT a table
    • bluGill 3y ago
      Both are diffult to read and work with.
      • eviks 3y ago
        both are difficult to work with since it's not the job of a data format, but table editing tooling on top of that, but the markdown tables that look like tables aren't difficult to read unlike HTML
  • subtra3t 3y ago
    I'll convert your example to GFM. | first row, first column | first row, second column | first row, third column | | ------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ | | second row, first column | second row, second column | second row, third column | To me, this is more readable than the HTML version.
    • kotborealis 3y ago
      It's not fun to manually reformat those tables for readability. If I add something to the `second row, second column`, I have to add extra spaces to the `first row, second column`, or it will look janky. | first row, first column | first row, second column | first row, third column | | ------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ | | second row, first column | exceptionally long second row, that makes second column look worse | second row, third column |