Want to italicize some text? Easy right, just do it like *this*.. nope that will bake it BOLD, gotta write it like _this_ for italics.
https://support.google.com/chat/answer/7649118
The only thing I like is that you can colorize text, but there's no syntax for it, you gotta highlight it then choose a color in the formatting toolbar.
It's annoying to no end when you memorized the syntax and Google decides to not even follow it.
*bold*
/italics/
_underline_
If someone hits control+I, or an italics button, it should use <i> tags, not <em>.
What about * for bold, / for italic and _ for underline?
If people want to make foo or foo bar italic, they write /foo/ and /foo bar/.
Perhaps //italic text// would be acceptable.
I, myself, prefer /italics/, _underline_ and _bold_ in text, if there is no formatting. I feel that these 2 are the least arbitrary, they almost work without agreeing on their meaning beforehand.