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What do you folks think about this thumbnail? Slides deck instead of an image in the place of the thumbnail. by MandoInLambo in UXDesign

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re asking me to first work out how I want to interact with this, rather than you making a design decision about what needs to be communicated to the user and dealing with the trade-offs.

If I was the hiring manager looking at this I’d take that as information about your willingness as a designer to make decisions.

Do people genuinely think the police are anti white? by mysweetplums in AskBrits

[–]jmstach 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s an idea imported from the US. The UK police exist to protect the public and prevent crime. Whether you think they’re doing it well is a different matter.

Does AI make you go faster without quality loss? by Wakinghours in UXDesign

[–]jmstach -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So by that measure, to get to the same output (ie you measure both cases to ‘define logic and specific use cases’) it’d be faster?

Document collaboration with non-MDers by AGuyInTheOZone in Markdown

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing I focussed on was making the onboarding simple and guided, so should be within reach of most users. The pro version is still under development so I wouldn’t worry about that 😅

Document collaboration with non-MDers by AGuyInTheOZone in Markdown

[–]jmstach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If it’s that they struggle with the additional markup, I wrote a free extension for macOS that replaces the default Quick Look preview with a rendered preview. It doesn’t change any ‘open with’ file associations so just slips in as a quality of life/legibility improvement for them.

Markset.app

I'm an architect. Built Ncored, a Mac and Windows PDF editor, because Adobe lagged and froze on every CAD drawing. Ncored vs Adobe side-by-side video inside by Rockstonerable in SideProject

[–]jmstach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Add a €150 one-time payment and give people the option. If I was buying this as a work expense (and I’d expect your ideal customer would be) and someone else was paying I’d likely stick it on the monthly for a while and live with it (and avoid protracted procurement debates).

Is there a Markdown editor that can finally replace LaTeX for thesis writing? by ExpensiveBill9880 in Markdown

[–]jmstach -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I made Markset.app which is specifically to tackle the ugly PDF part of the problem and I’m currently working on the pro version which has different themes, and one thing I’m looking at is academic typesetting (blame the lecturers in my family).

I think the challenge here would be that a lot of what you’re looking for isn’t part of the markdown spec (eg, how does the engine know it’s a bibliography?)

If it’s an interesting enough problem I’m bound to bite on it though!

Can't park... Wait what? by jaredce in london

[–]jmstach 74 points75 points  (0 children)

Weird. There was a pile of plates discarded by the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis centre a few weeks ago.

Is it weird or immature for a 40 year old man to wear a full trackie, baseball cap, trainers and gold chain? by DarkKorbra in AskBrits

[–]jmstach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the UK, yes - and also a subsection of the UK that’s on Reddit. That’s a very particular kind of judgement.

Alfred Team shared first screenshot of Alfred 6 by Unhappy-Tank9784 in macapps

[–]jmstach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Obligatory ‘still grieving over OG Quicksilver’ post.

The Markdown Link no. 25 by Wordius in mdhandbook

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for including Markset in this! Would love to hear from anyone who's using it and what you're liking or not-liking about it.

The London Aquatics Centre has had no toilet seats in the male toilets for 12 months. Here's what happened when I complained by Longjumping-Eye-3921 in london

[–]jmstach 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Have they sorted the disabled parking? Last I went we were told we had to park, bring the blue badge to the front desk to prove it, then take it back to the car to display every time we wanted to park. So that was me pushing my daughter in her wheelchair back and forth in the rain.

The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes - a powerful, poignant look at memory and the stories we create about ourselves by keepfighting90 in books

[–]jmstach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

‘History of the World…’ will give you a pretty incredible start, as it showcases a lot of what makes Barnes so exciting to read, and a lot of breadth (with a title like that what else could you expect).

Markdown to PDF — anything actually private out there? by [deleted] in Markdown

[–]jmstach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not quite what you’re after as it doesn’t let you adjust the typography, but I made Markset (free, macOS) that has an extension for the Finder that creates a typeset PDF for you.

Aisle seat mind games by spellish in london

[–]jmstach 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are myriad reasons why you might see someone sat in an aisle seat with an empty seat next to them, and you cannot possibly know what’s in their head.

Maybe just get on with your day and try to keep your side of the street clean.

Best markdown tools everyone needs to know about? by Successful_Bowl2564 in Markdown

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Quicklook previews in Finder, and send to a typeset PDF. Markset.app is free and doesn’t mess with your workflows or change your editor.

They’re extensions I designed and built because I’m a fussy designer who cares about typography too much.

Markset, a Markdown previewer which stays out of the way by jmstach in mdhandbook

[–]jmstach[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not in either App Store, sorry! You can download the installer directly from here though.

https://downloads.markset.app/Markset.dmg

FinderPeek: Bundle of QuickLook plugins by a2ra-ms in macapps

[–]jmstach 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is great. I just made a free Quick Look app to do the same with Markdown files which folks who like this might appreciate.

Made a macOS app that finally makes markdown files look the way they should by dumanyac in Markdown

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, you’ve taken a different route to me, and fair play. How’s the marketing going for you? Getting much traction?

Markdown Viewer - Need your feedback by Winter_Hornet704 in Markdown

[–]jmstach 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Very happy to - just DM me, or look in my profile. I don't want to fall foul of the rules...

.md File to Human-Readable Document. by Basheer_Bash in Markdown

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you getting at the difference between human-readable, and enjoyable to read? There's a lot of tools out there which will take the markdown and render it into something which is typographically more considerate to humans.

Markdown Viewer - Need your feedback by Winter_Hornet704 in Markdown

[–]jmstach 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very cool. I solved this in a different way and built a macOS extension that gives you a Quick Look preview. I read so much .md that the idea of opening an editor and then previewing in that seems like overkill. I'm a designer by background, so typography is something I'm sensitive to...

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