Show HN: Email.md – Markdown to responsive, email-safe HTML(emailmd.dev)
67 points by dancablam 3 hours ago | 22 comments
- theanonymousone 21 minutes agoI hope .md domains do not become a security hole as Markdown raises in popularity...
- binaryturtle 33 minutes agoAny "HTML emails" get filtered straight into the spam folder here. I think I'm not part of the target audience here.
- Kwpolska 1 hour agoThis appears to be a MJML wrapper with a Markdown→HTML converter attached to it. I think generating HTML from code is easier than generating Markdown, since there are many templating tools that understand HTML escaping. And writing HTML is not that hard, especially for your typical emails, so I'm not really sure if this library would be helpful in the long run.[-]
- jsxyzb9 2 hours agoExcellent work! Previously, I had to write email templates using code; now it's much simpler and perfectly meets my email requirements.
- pembrook 52 minutes agoI like how you aren't hiding the fact this is MJML under the hood and don't layer complex abstractions over MJML spec like similar projects (cough react email cough).
The devs maintaining MJML deserve so much credit for dealing with Gmail/Outlook's monopoly bullshit and 2007 html.
Nice idea for those who manage content in markdown. I've moved away from putting emails in my codebase, but seems great for founders moving fast.
[-]- dancablam 32 minutes agoThanks! I agree - the MJML team has laid so much groundwork and it frankly made this project possible.
- koakuma-chan 60 minutes agoI wish people just sent plain text.[-]
- XCSme 58 minutes agoWhat about images, links? Formatted text like bold or underline?
I also prefer plain text, but in most of my emails I talk about technical stuff, or I send transactional emails that require actions, in which case showing buttons is a much better user experience than plain text.
[-]- loloquwowndueo 56 minutes agoI don’t want buttons in my emails.[-]
- XCSme 51 minutes agoBut they are a lot easier to see and click (accessibility, larger hit area).
You could have a larger text instead of a button, but changing font size is also HTML and not plain-text anymore.
[-]- koakuma-chan 27 minutes agoYou can just send a link, and the user's client will probably highlight it even if it is plain text.[-]
- recursivegirth 21 minutes agoYea, but how will they hide all the tracking URLs and base64 encoded PII from you in the email?[-]
- koakuma-chan 13 minutes agoUsing a URL shortener obviously. But you are right, if they only send plain text, they won't be able to include those 1x1 images at the bottom to track whether you have opened the email. Any sane email client blocks images by default, but whatever.
- linhns 42 minutes agoA picture is worth a thousand words.
- pembrook 34 minutes agoPlain text? Pffft.
Human language is an unnecessary abstraction, just like images.
I wish everyone would communicate in pure Binary.
- KhushaliT 55 minutes agotemplates are cool but seems too heavy to land in primary inbox
- sy0115 49 minutes ago[dead]
- alfanick 2 hours ago"Write markdown. Ship emails." - I see a particular group of people interested in this, but they have their tools already.[-]
- SunshineTheCat 1 hour agoI think you should probably let that group of people speak for themselves.
I'm in this "group" and see an immediate usefulness of this over what I'm doing now.