uniform type indicator

[Seumas Mac Uilleachan]

On 08/05/2011 05:55 PM, Dan Katri wrote:

> I don't think you can blame him for saying this on his blog where it 

> will reach millions.  I'm pretty sure everyone on this mailing list 

> reads daring fireball.


Well, ALMOST everyone. Frankly there are NO blogs that I read, only ones 
that I find searching for a specific topic. Then I read that specific 
entry. I also can't be bothered with twitter ...


>

> On 5 Aug 2011, at 20:32, Andy Lee <aglee at mac.com 

> <mailto:aglee at mac.com>> wrote:

>

>> As Bowerbird pointed out in an earlier message, there has been a rise 

>> recently in Markdown apps. I would guess the people asking have been 

>> among the developers of those apps, and I would guess they have 

>> included developers prominent enough to get his attention.

>>

>> I saw the following exchange on Twitter recently between Gruber and 

>> the developer Gus Mueller. I don't have any more context than this:

>>

>> =============================================================

>> ccgus: @gruber UTI.  Markdown.  UTI.

>>

>> Hint, hint.

>>

>> UTI. [http://twitter.com/ccgus/status/98870955245441024]

>> =============================================================

>> gruber: @ccgus Shit, forgot about that. Will do tomorrow or tonight. 

>> [http://twitter.com/gruber/status/98909687612837888]

>> =============================================================

>>

>> As for Gruber not posting here, my gut feeling is that he has no 

>> interest in contributing to Markdown (or any other project) in any 

>> technical way, even to set direction or endorse a successor.

>>

>> The nearest thing you'll get to a public feedback mechanism is to 

>> mention @gruber on Twitter or to use 

>> <http://daringfireballwithcomments.net> (Safari only).

>>

>> --Andy

>>

>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 2:56 PM, Alan J. Hogan wrote:

>>

>>> Anyone know what or who prompted this?

>>>

>>> Alan

>>>

>>> On Aug 5, 2011, at 11:36 AM, Bowerbird at aol.com 

>>> <mailto:Bowerbird at aol.com> wrote:

>>>

>>>> this is fascinating:

>>>> > http://daringfireball.net/linked/2011/08/05/markdown-uti

>>>>

>>>> i don't know (and don't care about) any possible significance of

>>>> such a pronouncement on a "uniform type indicator", but i think

>>>> that it's interesting that gruber has decided to make _any_ type

>>>> of statement on markdown, with the big moves now underfoot,

>>>> and doubly so when he chooses to communicate it via his blog

>>>> -- which is public, but has zero public feedback mechanism --

>>>> and not also here, where markdown developers hold discussions.

>>>>

>>>> this is not a judgment -- of any type -- merely an observation...

>>>>

>>>> -bowerbird

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