Markdown vs. WYSIWYG - Stop using the web like a word document

Markdown vs.

WYSIWYGStop treating the web like a word document

How it all began…

How it all began… The difference WYSIMOLWYG …less is more >…playing God

…playing God

How it all began… The difference WYSIMOLWYG …less is more >…playing God

WYSIMOLWYG*!

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You still have to know what you do!

Image position and break performance are often bad!

Editors concern about design

The enemy: Blank line!!!

*What you see is more or less what you get

How it all began… The difference WYSIMOLWYG …less is more >…playing God

The difference

WYSIWYG

for creating printable documents or presentation slides

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Markdown

simple plain text formatting syntax for writing for the web!

How it all began… The difference WYSIMOLWYG …less is more >…playing God

… less is more!

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The truth on WYSIWIG editors

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provide no good markup at all

provide individual markup functionality to non web-affine users

lack of effectivity, simplicity & consistency

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Markdown myths

lack of UX

is not intuitive

restrictions on simple formatting

is something for developers (technical)

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Accessibility

not all Wysiwyg-editors pass WAI-ARIA criteria

Markdown need no UI components

better HTML, better accessibility

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We all UX

Availability on every single device

constant website layout

editors don’t care about the layout

semantic correct content … also if more than one person works on it

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thank you

…and if you have any questions, you know what to do!