One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document wordcount is always visible in the upper right corner, and if I select some text, the wordcount for the selection is displayed again. Others have mentioned the lack of live-preview as a deal-breaker, but I'm ok with this because of the easy, obvious shortcut. My main purpose with Markdown editors is writing READMEs and blog posts, and I usually don't keep live-preview open as I'm writing.
The one missing feature to keep me from pre-ordering is detection of jekyll YAML headers.
I'm with antback on this one. You write as many words as are needed to convey your message. Unless you are a journalist or a student, why does it matter?
Also, if you're serious about word count and other metadata about your document then you should look into Marked 2. It's got that and much more.
One thing Caret gets right that other Markdown editors (Macdown is what I currently use) don't is wordcount. In Caret, the document wordcount is always visible in the upper right corner, and if I select some text, the wordcount for the selection is displayed again. Others have mentioned the lack of live-preview as a deal-breaker, but I'm ok with this because of the easy, obvious shortcut. My main purpose with Markdown editors is writing READMEs and blog posts, and I usually don't keep live-preview open as I'm writing.
The one missing feature to keep me from pre-ordering is detection of jekyll YAML headers.