2009/10/18 Ilya Ilembitov <ilembi...@yandex.ru>: > Yes, you got it totally right. But why do you believe that html would be on > par with proprietary formats? I mean, is there any possibility that html > produced by markdown (or similar languages) interpreter won't be displayed > correctly in most of browsers (including IE)? I thought it's basic and > standartized enough. I do agree, though, that S5 is likely to have some > issues.
The problem with HTML is that it's vagely defined and that it looks different not only in every browser but also every 2 years (because some mastermind came up with the next CSS and DOM features). This doesn't happen with plain text, so if you ask me what's better: HTML or Markdown, my answer should be clear. Plain text will look the same in 100 years, but potentially there won't be any HTML4 or HTML5 browser around in 25 years time... (as a side-note: If you use troff or TeX I bet you will get proper results in a hundred years time as well). Of course the sustainability argument isn't very important if it's just about a presentation of the next great future technology that will be obsolete in 5 years anyways. For such I recommend use HTML, they will be a relict of their time anyways by then ;) Kind regards, Anselm
