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Wow, how did I not know that?! Well, time for mkdown to pivot and rebrand as "gist.io but without serifs." Seriously though, looks like they did a great job.

jaytaylor 12y ago
I dig your mkdown design, it's beautiful. Cheers!
ivank 12y ago
It's nice that mkdown.com doesn't require JavaScript
- hnriot 12y ago
  why is that nice? Isn't that like saying, "it's nice because it works on an EGA monitor"? javascript is a much as part of "the web" as html.
  - tomrod 12y ago
    JS is much like salt for flavoring--the less required the better. If everything worked in elinks we'd live in a perfect world.
    - reeses 12y ago
      Elinks, while shamefully neglected by most of us, does expose an interface for ecmascript. http://www.elinks.cz/documentation/html/manual.html-chunked/ch01s06.html http://www.elinks.cz/documentation/html/manual.html-chunked/...
  - slashdotaccount 12y ago
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement
  - ivank 12y ago
    1) I don't have enough CPU and memory to run everyone's JavaScript in hundreds of tabs 2) JavaScript is an additional vector for exploits 3) Wayback Machine can't archive and render most JavaScript-only content 4) Most search engines besides Google can't index JavaScript-only content
    - hnriot 12y ago
      there are trivial ways around all of these, except the first one and that's just ridiculous anyway.
adito 12y ago
compared to gist.io, I like mkdown style better. Can we have custom title too? this gist[1] titled "Learning Haskell" but in mkdown[2] it just say "Gist 8739525" in it's title. [1]: https://gist.github.com/bitemyapp/8739525 https://gist.github.com/bitemyapp/8739525 [2]: http://www.mkdown.com/8739525 http://www.mkdown.com/8739525
- benatkin 12y ago
  Would grabbing the first header work for you? For the introductory post that would be perfect. http://www.mkdown.com/8485599 http://www.mkdown.com/8485599
  - andrey-p 12y ago
    This seems like a good option for most gists, but for parent's specific use case it would just say "Primary course". (This seems like more of a problem with the specific gist rather than with your idea.)
- relekang 12y ago
  "Learning Haskell" is filled in the description of the gist. Descriptions can be fairly lengthy and not always suitable as titles. However, I think it would be awesome to support metadata in a form like in Jekyll posts or something similar.
- joeblau 12y ago
  I was going to say the same thing. Something about the typography on mkdown is more visually appealing.
  - meowface 12y ago
    I much prefer mkdown's styling, but I think the initial fade-in is unnecessary.
timdorr 12y ago
What about different themes? URLs would be easy still: mkdown.com/abc123?theme=light or mkdown.com/abc123/light
- jack7890 12y ago
  Yeah, I like that, would be cool. Thanks!
  - mh- 12y ago
    +1 for that request; specifically (even a simple variation on the current one) where the type was a fixed-width font.
- benatkin 12y ago
  I like the non-querystring one (the latter). Even though it might be less technically correct it's more aesthetically pleasing.
- Splendor 12y ago
  What about light.mkdown.com/abc123 ?
krbbltr 12y ago
I prefer Mkdown's look, but I think a slightly wider text area would improve on it. It seems a little too narrow compared to gist.io. Ordered lists seem to be missing by the way.
- jack7890 12y ago
  The seem to be working for me: http://www.mkdown.com/a712c1ee8c3bf8375720 http://www.mkdown.com/a712c1ee8c3bf8375720 Mind giving me a link to what you're looking at?
  - krbbltr 12y ago
    The enumerators seem to be missing on Firefox and IE. Working correctly on Safari and Chrome. Edit: IE8, did not test with a more recent version.
ansimionescu 12y ago
I have already found a differentiator: mkdown supports private gists, which is a boon for me.
icambron 12y ago
FWIW, I like yours a lot more.
atmosx 12y ago
Doesn't matter. You don't have to be always original all the time. It's a really useful project, bookmarked.
StavrosK 12y ago
Because you wanted to build something cool and didn't care if it existed or not: https://www.google.com/search?q=markdown+gist&oq=markdown+gist https://www.google.com/search?q=markdown+gist&oq=markdown+gi... There's nothing wrong with that, I bet you enjoyed it and now everyone has a very nice alternative.
rhythmvs 12y ago
> Wow, how did I not know that? To keep track of the fascinating and rapidly evolving Markdown ecosystem, I maintain an inventory¹ of Markdown dialects, editors, parsers, stylesheets, various tools, etc. Kudos on Mkdown.com! It’s been added to the list.² ¹ https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources ² https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources/blob/master/markdown-tools.md#prettified-md-github-gists https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources/blob/master/m...

jaytaylor 12y ago

I dig your mkdown design, it's beautiful. Cheers!

ivank 12y ago

It's nice that mkdown.com doesn't require JavaScript

hnriot 12y ago
why is that nice? Isn't that like saying, "it's nice because it works on an EGA monitor"? javascript is a much as part of "the web" as html.
- tomrod 12y ago
  JS is much like salt for flavoring--the less required the better. If everything worked in elinks we'd live in a perfect world.
  - reeses 12y ago
    Elinks, while shamefully neglected by most of us, does expose an interface for ecmascript. http://www.elinks.cz/documentation/html/manual.html-chunked/ch01s06.html http://www.elinks.cz/documentation/html/manual.html-chunked/...
- slashdotaccount 12y ago
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_enhancement
- ivank 12y ago
  1) I don't have enough CPU and memory to run everyone's JavaScript in hundreds of tabs 2) JavaScript is an additional vector for exploits 3) Wayback Machine can't archive and render most JavaScript-only content 4) Most search engines besides Google can't index JavaScript-only content
  - hnriot 12y ago
    there are trivial ways around all of these, except the first one and that's just ridiculous anyway.

adito 12y ago

compared to gist.io, I like mkdown style better. Can we have custom title too? this gist[1] titled "Learning Haskell" but in mkdown[2] it just say "Gist 8739525" in it's title. [1]: https://gist.github.com/bitemyapp/8739525 https://gist.github.com/bitemyapp/8739525 [2]: http://www.mkdown.com/8739525 http://www.mkdown.com/8739525

benatkin 12y ago
Would grabbing the first header work for you? For the introductory post that would be perfect. http://www.mkdown.com/8485599 http://www.mkdown.com/8485599
- andrey-p 12y ago
  This seems like a good option for most gists, but for parent's specific use case it would just say "Primary course". (This seems like more of a problem with the specific gist rather than with your idea.)
relekang 12y ago
"Learning Haskell" is filled in the description of the gist. Descriptions can be fairly lengthy and not always suitable as titles. However, I think it would be awesome to support metadata in a form like in Jekyll posts or something similar.
joeblau 12y ago
I was going to say the same thing. Something about the typography on mkdown is more visually appealing.
- meowface 12y ago
  I much prefer mkdown's styling, but I think the initial fade-in is unnecessary.

timdorr 12y ago

What about different themes? URLs would be easy still: mkdown.com/abc123?theme=light or mkdown.com/abc123/light

jack7890 12y ago
Yeah, I like that, would be cool. Thanks!
- mh- 12y ago
  +1 for that request; specifically (even a simple variation on the current one) where the type was a fixed-width font.
benatkin 12y ago
I like the non-querystring one (the latter). Even though it might be less technically correct it's more aesthetically pleasing.
Splendor 12y ago
What about light.mkdown.com/abc123 ?

krbbltr 12y ago

I prefer Mkdown's look, but I think a slightly wider text area would improve on it. It seems a little too narrow compared to gist.io. Ordered lists seem to be missing by the way.

jack7890 12y ago
The seem to be working for me: http://www.mkdown.com/a712c1ee8c3bf8375720 http://www.mkdown.com/a712c1ee8c3bf8375720 Mind giving me a link to what you're looking at?
- krbbltr 12y ago
  The enumerators seem to be missing on Firefox and IE. Working correctly on Safari and Chrome. Edit: IE8, did not test with a more recent version.

ansimionescu 12y ago

I have already found a differentiator: mkdown supports private gists, which is a boon for me.

icambron 12y ago

FWIW, I like yours a lot more.

atmosx 12y ago

Doesn't matter. You don't have to be always original all the time. It's a really useful project, bookmarked.

StavrosK 12y ago

Because you wanted to build something cool and didn't care if it existed or not: https://www.google.com/search?q=markdown+gist&oq=markdown+gist https://www.google.com/search?q=markdown+gist&oq=markdown+gi... There's nothing wrong with that, I bet you enjoyed it and now everyone has a very nice alternative.

rhythmvs 12y ago

> Wow, how did I not know that? To keep track of the fascinating and rapidly evolving Markdown ecosystem, I maintain an inventory¹ of Markdown dialects, editors, parsers, stylesheets, various tools, etc. Kudos on Mkdown.com! It’s been added to the list.² ¹ https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources ² https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources/blob/master/markdown-tools.md#prettified-md-github-gists https://github.com/rhythmus/markdown-resources/blob/master/m...