Year after year, document formats like .docx, .ppt, and pdf lose a little bit of steam. You might not have noticed… But Markdown is growing over and into the old formats, slowly, and nicely, like moss on a stranded star destroyer. Notes on a revolution in slow motion.
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The slow shift from formats to Markdown is particularly powerful for productivity and educational apps. Emphasizing clear, structured thinking rather than visual decoration, moving from .docx to plain text slowly transforms how we communicate through computers. These are big claims on an ephemeral matter. To clarify in what ways Markdown transforms digital communication, let’s look at the history, economy, the design of traditional formats and how they compare to Markdown:
I have confession to make–I’ve never been much of a fan of markdown. Not really seen the point–HTML is right there.
But seeing it as an interchange format, less than an authoring format makes a lot more sense. And while HTML would do just as good a job, markdown is simple and spare.
In this detailed article the folks at IAWriter look at the history, economy, the design of traditional formats and how they compare to Markdown.
