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I don't like WYSIWYG on the web. You do a long and tedious formatting of a forum post, then close the tab and it's all gone. I prefer to use a local text editor

I don't like WYSIWYG on the web. You do a long and tedious formatting of a forum post, then close the tab and it's all gone. I prefer to use a local text editor then Ctrl+V into web form. Which I can with markdown

justusthane 3mo ago
I've seen this solved in some platforms with localstorage, so that it automatically saves your "draft" as you type and seamlessly restores it if you re-open the page. It was a really nice surprise the first time I experienced it (after closing a tab by mistake).
8-prime 3mo ago
It depends for me. For my blog I have a web based editor, but one, that is just plain markdown with a preview. Similar to your described workflow. For a note taking app I decided to use WYSIWYG because I don't have the space for a split view and didn't want to just look at the markdown as is. My main gripe with WYSIWYG is that they can get in your way. When I create a verbatim block and can't leave that block anymore (looking at you Teams). I guess thats also why I enjoyed LaTeX as much as I did.
keepupnow 3mo ago
Any sites that have forms or editors that don't save your progress with localstorage need to leave the web and not come back.
yard2010 3mo ago
Check out Linear, I'm not affiliated, just yesterday I happened to close the dialog by misclicking and when I pressed create issue again there was the wall of text I wrote. My point is it's not a technical problem but a product one.
- ValentineC 3mo ago
  There was a discussion about Linear 26 days ago, which is a pretty cool read: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609
BorisMelnik 3mo ago
I'm with you but many people do, simple is a side by side just like many html editors/markdown editors
davidpapermill 3mo ago
There are good backends available for ProseMirror and other editors. It's not hard to set them up.

justusthane 3mo ago

I've seen this solved in some platforms with localstorage, so that it automatically saves your "draft" as you type and seamlessly restores it if you re-open the page. It was a really nice surprise the first time I experienced it (after closing a tab by mistake).

8-prime 3mo ago

It depends for me. For my blog I have a web based editor, but one, that is just plain markdown with a preview. Similar to your described workflow. For a note taking app I decided to use WYSIWYG because I don't have the space for a split view and didn't want to just look at the markdown as is. My main gripe with WYSIWYG is that they can get in your way. When I create a verbatim block and can't leave that block anymore (looking at you Teams). I guess thats also why I enjoyed LaTeX as much as I did.

keepupnow 3mo ago

Any sites that have forms or editors that don't save your progress with localstorage need to leave the web and not come back.

yard2010 3mo ago

Check out Linear, I'm not affiliated, just yesterday I happened to close the dialog by misclicking and when I pressed create issue again there was the wall of text I wrote. My point is it's not a technical problem but a product one.

ValentineC 3mo ago
There was a discussion about Linear 26 days ago, which is a pretty cool read: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48437609

BorisMelnik 3mo ago

I'm with you but many people do, simple is a side by side just like many html editors/markdown editors

davidpapermill 3mo ago

There are good backends available for ProseMirror and other editors. It's not hard to set them up.