Agreed.

I'm a sort of an "in the middle" person. I don't code at all, yet I'm more technical than the "average user." Many people break out into hives at the mere sight of a single HTML tag. Obviously Markdown, though simpler, probably isn't for them. Markdown isn't a replacement for the VISUAL editor... it's a replacement for the TEXT editor. As that, it's just cleaner, faster, and easier.

I personally don't like the visual editor because it's sloppy, doesn't do exactly what I want, likes to strip out things I put in, etc. So I always used the Text editor. I've been enjoying Markdown on Ghost, Editorially, and Tumblr, and now at last, on WordPress too.

What, what?? Stargazer?? Ooh... must go look!...