> Before, formatting text posts required the use of Markdown; now, there's a WYSIWYG toolbar too.
Ah, that's reassuring to see. So many sites have gone all-in on Markdown in the last few years, which seems to me to be resurrecting early 80s Wordstar-style formatting codes and rejecting the UI advances of Xerox Parc and the Mac.
Markdown has its place - essentially, something that's readable in both raw and rendered form - but it's not a consumer-friendly way of editing rich text, and I'm pleased to see Reddit recognise that.
WYSIWYG can often take more resources on a webpage, and act unpredictably and with less control over formatting.
Atlassian's Confluence wiki was one of the most painful tools I've ever had to use in a professional capacity, largely because their editor several years ago was so atrocious. I was forced off of it from a nice, Markdown-based wiki our team had been running.
So I would miss Markdown. BTW, having live preview/having a WYSIWYG toolbar with Markdown editing is a happy meeting of both worlds; I don't see the issue with it.
Ah, that's reassuring to see. So many sites have gone all-in on Markdown in the last few years, which seems to me to be resurrecting early 80s Wordstar-style formatting codes and rejecting the UI advances of Xerox Parc and the Mac.
Markdown has its place - essentially, something that's readable in both raw and rendered form - but it's not a consumer-friendly way of editing rich text, and I'm pleased to see Reddit recognise that.