Armok_GoB comments on Official Less Wrong Redesign: Call for Suggestions - Less Wrong

20 Post author: Louie 20 April 2011 05:56PM

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Comment author: Armok_GoB 21 April 2011 02:12:24PM -1 points [-]

Add support for BBCode in comments, as well as those instant buttons to add the markup that many forums and bulletin boards have.

HTML works for top level posts, but for quick comments it's to elaborate and powerful. The LW specific markup on the other hand is not powerful enough for many things, and suffers problems from being very non standard.

Comment author: arundelo 21 April 2011 02:17:22PM 5 points [-]

It's not LW-specific -- it's Markdown. (Actually a subset of Markdown since Markdown proper allows inline HTML.)

Comment author: Armok_GoB 21 April 2011 02:19:40PM -1 points [-]

Oh...

Well, I have never encountered it elsewhere which means at least some users are unfamiliar with it, and I see no conflict that keep both from being supported and mixed.