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Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!

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[–] [email protected] 89 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (36 children)

Markdown. Its only in tech-spaces that its preferred, but it should be used everywhere. You can even write full books and academic papers in markdown (maybe with only a few extensions like latex / mathjax).

Instead, in a lot of fields, people are passing around variants of microsoft word documents with weird formatting and no standardization around headings, quotes, and comments.

[–] Aux 1 points 7 months ago (5 children)

The problem with Markdown is lack of quality software support. You don't want to write a book in a text field on GitHub, Lemmy or Reddit. You want to write your book in MS Word or LibreOffice. Existing MD software is, to put it gently, an amazing pile of utter shit. If you're not a software developer with an MD extension in VS Code, then you won't use MD for anything.

[–] abruptly8951 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Obsidian? Also havent used it but logseq

[–] Aux 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

These might work for some, but they're not exactly an MS Word, aren't they?

[–] abruptly8951 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just as powerful and far less buttons imo. I can write a markdown doc in much less time than a word doc.

What does word offer that isn't easier with markdown?

[–] Aux 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It offers a familiar interface for people who have used it for many years.

[–] abruptly8951 1 points 7 months ago

Yup, that seems to be about all it's got going for it

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