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Show HN: Markdrop — drag and drop Markdown previews
- michaelschade 15y agoVery nice. I tend to go to web dingus and copy and paste my markdown in, so this is much handier. Some comments: * It doesn't seem to be working on Safari (v. 5.1, OS X Lion) for me. When I drop the file in, the blue bar stays properly, but the content area below that goes blank. * The option to upload via a standard file input would be nice as well. I like that the primary usage is dropping, but sometimes I run my windows in full screen and it'd be nice to not have to exit out of that, open Finder, find the folder, and the drag. * Maybe indicate that this is indeed the page on which you are supposed to drag. At first, I was unsure about that, but decided to go for it anyway. You could give a visual indication with a dotted box suggesting they drop there (but letting them drop anywhere, if they decide). * Under instructions, I was left hanging. I get that you're showing that it's only two steps, but you showed a picture of it dropping onto the page and the instructions ended there. A "You're done!" with a small clipping of what the page with the rendered markup looks like might be nice.
- rachelbaker 15y agoAgreed, it took me a few page scans to realize that the "drop zone" is at the top of the webpage itself.
- __init__py 15y agoYeah, I need to clarify the instructions. If the files are dropped anywhere but the blue navigation bar, they should be converted.
- __init__py 15y agoThanks, man. I'll check on the Safari bug and agree about a standard file input. Will definitely take into account the need for clarity in instructions, too.
- pyrmont 15y agoTook me a bit to realise where to drag to as well but I thought it was pretty cool when it worked. I was going to say it didn't parse ``` properly but then realised that's part of Github-flavoured Markdown. Nice work! :)
- callahad 15y agoIt seems like a Quicklook generator for Markdown would be a more convenient solution in this case, since the workflow already involves going into the Finder and selecting the files... There has to be something out there for Github-flavored Markdown, right?
- navs 15y agohttps://github.com/toland/qlmarkdown https://github.com/toland/qlmarkdown
- reledi 15y agoHow does this work? I tried drag and dropping my markdown file to the page and instead I got prompted to save the file locally. Using Ubuntu & Chrome.
- michaelschade 15y agoYou are using it correctly, so must be missing some support. You might mention what version of Chrome (although, I assume that's the latest given their automatic updates) you are using and whether or not you are blocking JavaScript.
- reledi 15y agoSilly me, sometimes I forget I have NotScripts enabled (the icon doesn't always show on the first page load). Works now :)
- rhizome31 15y agoSame problem here with Chrome 15.0.874.83 beta & Ubuntu 11.04. With Opera 11.51, it just shows the Markdown source. With Konqueror 4.6.5 it opens the file in gedit. I suppose these are all different symptoms of the same issue which is that the drop event doesn't get handled as expected. It works great with Firefox. Very interesting tool!
- gbog 15y agoWork all right with my Chrome 14 on Ubuntu 10.10, but doesn't work if you drop a second time without going back to home.
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- pkamb 15y agoYour site is hard to use, because it doesn't look like a place where you should be dropping files/text. It looks like a normal website. Ditch the instructions, and instead make the site look like a "pad" where you can drag things. If it looks inviting to drag files into a zone on the site then people will understand that they can do it.