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0 pointsenriquto2y ago0 comments

Apart from the p tag, that gets annoying when you have long stretches of prose, I find plain html5 much less annoying than markdown. Moreover, tables and hyperlinks are clearer and easier to type in html5 than in any markdown flavor.

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subtra3t2y ago

Easier to type? Sure, but I don't think HTML5 tables are easier to read than markdown tables

enriqutoOP2y ago

Thanks to optional closing tags, html5 tables are quite neat:

  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>first row, first column
      <td>first row, second column
      <td>first row, third column
    <tr>
      <td>second row, first column
      <td>second row, second column
      <td>second row, third column
  </table>

Does it get any better in markdown?

subtra3t2y ago

I'll convert your example to GFM.

  | first row, first column  | first row, second column  | first row, third column  |
  | ------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ |
  | second row, first column | second row, second column | second row, third column |

To me, this is more readable than the HTML version.

kotborealis2y ago

It's not fun to manually reformat those tables for readability. If I add something to the `second row, second column`, I have to add extra spaces to the `first row, second column`, or it will look janky.

  | first row, first column  | first row, second column  | first row, third column  |
  | ------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ |
  | second row, first column | exceptionally long second row, that makes second column look worse | second row, third column |

eviks2y ago

The fact that you need to list columns in rows already makes it NOT a table

bluGill2y ago

Both are diffult to read and work with.

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subtra3t2y ago

Easier to type? Sure, but I don't think HTML5 tables are easier to read than markdown tables

enriqutoOP2y ago

Thanks to optional closing tags, html5 tables are quite neat:

  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>first row, first column
      <td>first row, second column
      <td>first row, third column
    <tr>
      <td>second row, first column
      <td>second row, second column
      <td>second row, third column
  </table>

Does it get any better in markdown?

subtra3t2y ago

I'll convert your example to GFM.

  | first row, first column  | first row, second column  | first row, third column  |
  | ------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ |
  | second row, first column | second row, second column | second row, third column |

To me, this is more readable than the HTML version.

kotborealis2y ago

  | first row, first column  | first row, second column  | first row, third column  |
  | ------------------------ | ------------------------- | ------------------------ |
  | second row, first column | exceptionally long second row, that makes second column look worse | second row, third column |

eviks2y ago

The fact that you need to list columns in rows already makes it NOT a table

bluGill2y ago

Both are diffult to read and work with.

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