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psadauskas on Oct 23, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Coding Horror: Treating User Myopia

I think I would just put a link above & below the preview window: "Preview look funny? Click here for formatting help."

jrwoodruff on Oct 23, 2009 [–]

How about just getting the preview to format correctly in the first place. The way it's typed into the text area it looks fine.

Users shouldn't have to read a manual of markdown tags to enter text on a site, not unless it does some really special stuff.

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