After three weeks of using Taio, my initial interest in the app has significantly cooled.
At some point, the app started to change its default behavior for rendering CSV files in the editor. Instead of setting me up with a text editor view, Taio will render a CSV file in some sort of preview mode, i.e. as a table. But: as a consequence of this change, the file can no longer be edited after being loaded into the editor1.
Unfortunately, I haven’t found any preference setting that might impact this behavior that would enable me to leave this “accidental preview mode”. It also does not seem as if this “feature” is mentioned anywhere in the release notes.
In my previous article, I have complained about the rendering of footnotes in the preview being non-functional2. According to the release notes, the latest version3, Taio should now be able to render footnotes properly.
It doesn’t. It crashes on me if I try to activate the preview mode for the markdown source of, e.g. this article. Every single time.
That said, I stand by my initial verdict that I see the potential in Taio. But, at least from my personal point of view, the app clearly needs more time to mature before it can become a serious contender in the markdown editing and processing business.
Update (2021-04-03): The latest version of Taio fixes both the CSV rendering issue described above and the rendering of footnotes. My thanks to the developers for the swift reaction.