[meh01]

There are features that are worth shipping, and there are "look at me" features. This the latter.

[homosaur]

This is part of a larger scheme by Github to get you to start writing text and code directly into the website. This is just another nice, small editor improvement.

[jasonm23]

Say what you like, but I much prefer having a screen to type in vs a piddling little textarea.