Ask HN: Why browsers directly open pdf file but not markdown file?1 points·by madnerd·8 years ago·1 comments1 commentsPost comment[–]catach·8 years agoreplyMy guesses would be: PDF is an ISO standard, while MD has a handful of competing implementations/standards. PDF is very widely used, while MD-as-file is rather niche.And browsers will open .md files, they'll just interpret them as plain text.
And browsers will open .md files, they'll just interpret them as plain text.