Markdown vs WSYWYG

Posted by Garland Coulson
Sep 1, 2013 at 07:27 PM

I notice several comments about some programs from people wanting markdown support. I had to look it up to see what it meant.

I had a look at it but it seems to me that it would be slower to make some text bold using markdown vs just clicking on the B in a WSYWIG editor. What am I missing? What is the appeal of markdown?