Markdown Viewer

In a sea of text editing apps and online-based utilities, it can be a challenge to find the right setup that fits your workflow. One method of creating nicely organized documents is through the use of the Markdown formatting syntax, and a clean way to view such files without having to rely on a browser window that takes up screen space with its full-fledged interface displaying bookmarks, tabs and address bars is via a nifty program known as Markdown Viewer.

Once installed, starting up the app brings up a clean interface that should look familiar to those who employ Electron-based applications in their daily workflows, given its signature command ribbon that sits underneath the title bar and provides quick access to all the available functions without sacrificing horizontal screen space. When selecting the document meant to be previewed using the built-in file picker, its content can be optionally rendered with a dark background for more comfortable nighttime reading sessions.

Sometimes, various formatting errors can be made throughout the editing phase of a given document, which is why the app lets you switch to a raw view of the file in order to quickly track down the location of the wrongly formatted section. This option, along with most of the other functions, can be instantly toggled using its dedicated hotkey combination of Control and U buttons, making it easier for those with keyboard-focused usage patterns to speed up their workflow.

Moreover, the program not only offers a wide variety of encoding settings to fit your use case, but its implementation of the bottom-placed status bar lets you preview the address of a hyperlink while hovering your cursor above it for you to know what to expect before visiting it. Navigating between recently opened documents for making quick comparisons can be easily achieved via the Alt and Left or Right keystrokes.

If you tend to prefer the Markdown formatting syntax to popular word processors with hefty subscription fees that package their clients in complex form factors that also happen to be resource-intensive, then Markdown Viewer may be the right tool for you, given its simple yet elegant interface and optional dark mode that lets you preview timetables or to-do lists without the use of a browser.