The Curse of Markdown
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The Curse of Markdown
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#2Non-related, but this is the first time I actually like animations that happen while scrolling. I think it has something to do with the fact that I still have control over the scroll on the right.
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#3I love how this is formatted - reading it in those little blocks with an image to make it more clear. It is a joy to read.
The actual point itself is somewhat interesting too. "curse" is a strong word though.
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#5This format—with each paragraph fading as you scroll, and large changing images alongside—is borderline unreadable.
Somewhat ironic in a blog post that (I think) is about tradeoffs between text and formatting.
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#6This format—with each paragraph fading as you scroll, and large changing images alongside—is borderline unreadable. Somewhat ironic in a blog post that (I think) is about tradeoffs between text and formatting.
I initially closed the tab immediately, as I assumed that the greyed-out text was indicative of a paywall.
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#7I love how this is formatted - reading it in those little blocks with an image to make it more clear. It is a joy to read. The actual point itself is somewhat interesting too. "curse" is a strong word though.
I hate that I'm forced to scroll just to be able to read something that is already in the screen, but each to its own.
the chart is flashy, but pretty meaningless, there is zero value from it and everything looks overcomplicated.
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#8This format—with each paragraph fading as you scroll, and large changing images alongside—is borderline unreadable. Somewhat ironic in a blog post that (I think) is about tradeoffs between text and formatting.
Not happening to me on mobile, weird.
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#9There's a special circle of hell for places who make "plot-like" illustrations that are supposed to look like data visualisations but are just graphics. It's extremely deceptive.
TFA has a bunch of things which look like plots of richness vs cost but are actually just what a statistician would call "totally made-up bullshit"
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#10> The impact of Markdown becomes clear if we plot a random sample of content websites. (Disclaimer: the data is made-up, based on my perception of the state of the web)
It makes sense that your perception of the web has driven you to create a new tool and market it with a think piece. But to expand that to suggest you have effectively realized and filled a new vector space in the web is excessive
>That sparse area just beyond the limits of Markdown is of vital importance to the web. These websites are not only a joy to read but also the ones that explore the web's possibilities, embracing the medium and evoking a truly web-native feel.
>Currently, these websites are outliers created by individuals who care deeply about the reader's experience or by companies willing to invest extra effort. We need more of them.
Interesting to me that you have added "focus on this paragraph" coloring to your site. I'm not against that in principle, but you have placed it farther up the page than I prefer to read and scroll. So you care deeply about my experience, have created a whole tool to inhabit an area of web design that you think is undeserved, rationalize it based on feels, and, for me, deliver a poorer experience to show it off.
"The Website Wasteland", as you call it, is a good thing if this is the result of populating it.