I am really confused on why this is useful and not any other proper-ish note taking application.
Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
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Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#32Why would you use markdown to take notes? Markdown is designed to be displayed as rich-text (headings, lists, etc) after authoring. If you only ever view it in plaintext as an editor, what's the point?
I take notes in Markdown in an editor that formats it automagically called IA Writer. Bullets are indented, headlines bolded and out-dented, etc.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#33Why would you use markdown to take notes? Markdown is designed to be displayed as rich-text (headings, lists, etc) after authoring. If you only ever view it in plaintext as an editor, what's the point?
I frequently take notes in markdown even though I rarely view it non-plaintext myself. But I use markdown because it's well-suited to conversion to other formats through pandoc, and I sometimes send notes to others (who don't like plaintext/markdown). It's particularly nice to convert to .doc, .docx, and .pdf (through LaTeX).
Perhaps this is a silly reason, but I use vim and I like my markdown syntax highlighting. I rather like reading my plaintext markdown + (default) syntax highlighting. I suppose it would be possible to write/use some txt syntax+highlighting (or some .note format, etc.), but I reinvent the wheel in enough other places to not want to do that here.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#34Cool idea. A vim mode would be neat (e.g. https://codemirror.net/demo/vim.html).
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#35Reminds me on "Mindful Chrome Extension", which I've been using a lot
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mindful-beta/cieek...
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#36Why would you use markdown to take notes? Markdown is designed to be displayed as rich-text (headings, lists, etc) after authoring. If you only ever view it in plaintext as an editor, what's the point?
Coming from someone that uses markdown for taking notes on a daily basis, I have spent so much time reading markdown in Vim that my mind now interprets the syntax semantically, besides many text editors provide syntax highlighting that provides contextual clues and hints.
The syntax is easy to type, it's not verbose, and it actually makes sense in plaintext. Then if I ever want to I have the option to open it in a full-fledged markdown viewer, and sometimes I even copy/paste sections into actual markdown-compatible apps.
It provides a standard method of plain text note organization. If I want to create a list or a subheading, I now do it the same way every time, so I'm internally consistent with all my notes.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#37Serious question: does anyone regularly use a Markdown notes app/site/extension? I've seen this kind of thing appear a few times a year and, while they are cool and I like Markdown, I find I stop using them rather quickly in favor of things like the macOS Notes app or Slack because of things like convenience, ease of sharing, better search, more ease of mind that my notes won't one day disappear because of a side eff…
https://hackmd.io/ has changed my life, especially if you need to share notes with a team.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#38I love this, and I wish I could use it, but I've moved to Firefox. You'd have an instant daily user right here if you released it in Firefox.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#39Why would you use markdown to take notes? Markdown is designed to be displayed as rich-text (headings, lists, etc) after authoring. If you only ever view it in plaintext as an editor, what's the point?
Nit: Markdown was designed to look good both when displayed as Rich Text, and when displayed as plain text.
The overriding design goal for Markdown’s formatting syntax is to make it as readable as possible. The idea is that a Markdown-formatted document should be publishable as-is, as plain text, without looking like it’s been marked up with tags or formatting instructions.
Re: Show HN: Markdown New Tab – A new tab replacement to jot down notes in Markdown
#40Why would you use markdown to take notes? Markdown is designed to be displayed as rich-text (headings, lists, etc) after authoring. If you only ever view it in plaintext as an editor, what's the point?
I take notes in Markdown in an editor that formats it automagically called IA Writer. Bullets are indented, headlines bolded and out-dented, etc.
This looks absolutely amazing.