On Fri, Nov 7, 2008 at 11:03 AM, Brian Chapados <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I'm curious, do you think that non-IT-types would be open-minded > > > > enough to learn Markdown. > > It's also worth noting that: > > "...the single biggest source of inspiration for Markdown's syntax is the > format of plain text email."[1] > > [1]: http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/ > > I'm willing to bet that "Non-IT-types" are more familiar with email > than any other form of computer network-based communication. It's not > necessarily something new to learn, since it is based on conventions > that most people already use. > Email has a wonderful and rich set of conventions, this is very true. However, most 'non-IT-types' aren't likely to understand these conventions. Especially since a large number of them use Outlook, which has, for its entire existence, ignored the usual email conventions at every chance (e.g. quoting text). http://theemailwars.com/2008/09/16/email-client-market-share-report/ But ... I think your point still stands. If you can make entering text on a website similar and as simple as typing an email, most people will get it. Darren --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ SD Ruby mailing list [email protected] http://groups.google.com/group/sdruby -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
