Whoa whoa whoa there. We're on comp.lang.ruby, so we must use appropriate ruby logic! Matz is Nice -> Matz made Ruby -> Ruby is Red -> Redcloth is Red and Ruby -> Redcloth is Nice! Tada. Anyways I think that Markdown, Textile, Redcloth, RDoc (I really like it!), and all the rest of the wiki style markup syntaxes are an acquired taste. I love them because I can focus on what I'm writing instead of formatting things. WYSIWIG has some appeal, but how many times have you tried to make a list in Word and have it do utterly the wrong thing, or try to not make a list which Word insists will become a list? Anyways, in the long run, some people will like markup interfaces, some will prefer WYSIWIG stuff, but it's really just that, a preference. I think that quote was a little short sited, but hey that's probably because I dig these markup syntaxes. .adam Bil Kleb wrote: > As part of their "best Ajax" article: > > http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/192203368?pgno=7