Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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New poly-word closure reasons need punctuation
I applaud the new reasons for closing a question.
But recently I voted to close this question (Reason for Unexpected Shutdown …), and then I went to look at it, and it looked something like this:
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Unify the `http-status-codes-nnn` tags under `http-status-codes`
I just asked this question, which I wanted to tag with http-status-codes. However, no such tag exists, and I don't have enough rep to create the tag. I think the tag would nicely unify the existing ...
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Color valid tags differently from invalid tags
I have an interesting idea for how tags work. No, it is not the new and improved tag, or a total tag makeover. In fact, it is a small change in how tags work that I think could help out a lot of ...
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The bounty optional message box is misleading
When setting a bounty, I have the option to set an extended explanation of what I require. The input box allows me to input newlines and blank lines, which leads me to think that the full question/...
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Comments to a question that should be answers
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A trend of questions being answered purely in the comment field of the question. There is no formal migration of this into the answer format to the question. As a result, questions that ...
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Please add a toolbar button or keyboard shortcut for the Keyboard style
Not sure if this should just be here or if I should post on Meta.Stackoverflow - please can a mod move if you think it should be there.
When writing answers, one of the items that takes me the ...
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What about adding a button for <kbd> tags on the formatting bar? [duplicate]
I think that it would be useful to have a button for <kbd> html tags in the formatting bar just above the text edit box; we still have buttons to properly format quoting and for code, but we ...
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Display views on mobile site
As far as I can tell, currently there are no means to display the number of views of any given question on the mobile site.
All other relevant stats (number of votes and answers) are seen correctly, ...
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Identify hidden comments when shown
For various reasons and various thresholds, some comments to questions and answers can become hidden.
When this happens, the link below the comments changes from add comment to something like:
add /...
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RSS feed for favorite tags?
I noticed that every tag has its own RSS feed, it's a handy feature to follow particular subjects.
I wonder of there is something similar for own favorite tags: I know that I can individually ...
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Flag for "Not an answer" should be re-worded [duplicate]
I flaged this answer as "Not an answer" due to the answer trying to explain product activation, where the question is about the process of performing the install.
The description for "Not an answer" ...
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Why aren't spam and offensive answers simply deleted from the database?
Given the recent spate of spam by a, let us say "disgruntled" user, why is it that the account is deleted but the deleted questions/answers still remain visible on the site (to those with the ...
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Last activity time vs Original Post Time
Would it be possible to show when a post was originally made as well as the last time there was activity on the post? (EDIT: From the home page, without having to go into the question itself.)
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Allow low rep users (<20) to post in chat if given explicit write access
A few times I have found myself needing to chat with a low rep user in order to better understand their question without cluttering the comments section. Twice, this has been with very low rep users (&...
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Poppin Tags - or an idea anyway
Why are new Tags not treated like first posts from a new user or suggested edits, but a bit more stringent?
My thought:
If a new tag is created, why does it not go to the review bin for voting by ...
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Why is there no way to look at progress towards different badges?
Does anyone know why there is no ability to view progress/statistics towards particular badges or just have the overall ability to look at progress for accounts? I feel like this would be very ...
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Feature request: Stacking bounties
I'd like to see a way to be able to stack bounties. Say Joe shmo has a question out there and someone puts a bounty on it for 50 points. Well lets say I like Joe's question and I also want to know the ...
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Synonym Breakage: Command Line vs. Command Prompt
I don't think those should by synonyms.
"Command line" is often contrasted with a GUI; it means that you're typing commands in a terminal-like Window. It's a platform-agnostic term, used in Unix-...
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No "Get in touch" ability? [duplicate]
I have found constantly that I am trying to talk to users yet I am constantly dragged down by the fact that we are spamming the living daylights out of comments. Why do we not have an ability to post ...
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Make the use of an OS tag compulsory for all questions
EDIT: You are all quite right. This is not a good idea.
If I had a penny for every time I have left a comment on a question asking the OP to state which OS they are using I would be one rich geek. ...
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Highlighting questions with accepted answers as [solved]
I've seen this elsewhere and personally think it's a very useful feature. When questions have an answer marked as accepted, [solved] gets added onto the end of the page title. This then appears in ...
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Should SE sites force reading of the FAQ
It seems SE sites get a lot of "shopping questions", especially from new members.
Perhaps this could be remediated by disabling the editor area until the user has been seen to click on the FAQ (or a ...
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Should you be able to close as duplicate from another SE site?
see the following link on SU
MS Outlook 2010 - Force Automatic Replies to all Email Senders
I can see the question and answer exist approptiately in both SU and SF sites. It could be an MS Exchange ...
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Could anyone create a tag called "program-like"?
Could anyone create a tag called "program-like"? It would be for questions that try to find a programs with the defined features (It´s a way I used to use this website, I define the features of an ...
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System should teach users more by asking questions and showing FAQs
I don't want to sound pretentious. This is just a thought.
Recently I stumbled up this long Repository of FAQs on stackoverflow. It links to other FAQs giving very useful advices for users like me ...
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Can we please "lock" a post during edit
This has happened many times, I see a post which is fairly big and un-readable. No problem, the OP is not English and I can help. To get half way through when I see a notification telling me an update ...
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Do not automatically expire single-use tags
There is an automatic job that deletes single-use tags after 6 months. No attempt is made at determining whether the tags are good and should remain, or whether the tags are a variant name of another ...
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chat.stackexchange smartphone and desktop application request
The various rooms in chat.stackexchange are really informative even for a noob like me. It allows you to ask for clarification without fear of downvote or closure.
Just today some experienced user was ...
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Windows 8 Challenge doesn't list users who've completed Tiles Challenge
Windows 8 challenge is here & live - and I can see level 1- 4 prizes have a listing for which users completed them. For tiles, however - it just mentions
Earned by n users
Can we please have ...
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How can I completely hide all questions with a certain tag?
Now that Windows 8 is out, my questions feed is overrun with Windows 8 questions. At this moment in time, 31 out of the 50 questions on the main page are about Windows 8.
I've got no experience with ...
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'Preserve' State for keep real bad questions as reference
As this comment shows, even bad questions have some value in serving as a reference for, well, bad questions. However questions with a lot of downvotes tend to be deleted, so the system lacks a final ...
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Make superuser an aggregate of SO and SF Reputation
Can superuser's reputation be synchronized between the sum of SO, SF plus any SU rep? Just an idea.
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Gentle reminders to mark an answer as accepted?
I often see questions which have one or more answers that are comprehensive, correct, helpful, and have many upvotes, and yet the question remains without a marked answer. Generally, it seems like the ...
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Circumventing spam filters (and deceiving reviewers) by taking part of a legitimate post and adding a spam link--possible solutions?
Users have found a way to circumvent spam filters and deceive reviewers with less-than-keen eyes for spam, by copying part of a legitimate post and adding a spam link. Can we better control this kind ...
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Why can't we allow one user one i.p?
Consider the following scenario:
Imagine that there were two people let us consider them as A and B. User A works at night and used to use superuser at night. User B works at day and used to use ...
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Why we can't we show that chatting user is typing? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Could we show if someone is typing on chat?
Consider this scenario
A and B were chatting for an specific answer and why can't we show the specific user is typing when he ...
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Mention that the commented user is online when asked to move discussion to chat
I have a suggestion
Please avoid extended discussions in comments. Would you like to
automatically move this discussion to chat?
In this part why can't we mention that the commented user is ...
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Could someone be nice enough to add windows-7-starter as a tag to superuser.com?
I would do it but I only have 150 rep.
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Require registration to post questions (and answers)
Posting without registration has a lot of disadvantages:
Every once in a while, an unregistered user loses his account cookie after posting a question. This prevents him from editing his question, ...
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Specify reason for flagging off topic
When flagging a question as Off Topic I have to hope the the moderator reviewing the flag spots the same problem I do. I'd like to be able to specify a reason for a question being off topic. This way ...
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Request for a markdown shortcut for XY
Perhaps it is my imagination but there seems to be an increase in XY problems on SU, to the point that I am linking to the MSO question regularly.
Questions are of the format "How can I realign the ...
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Possible bug with dropdown user menu
I noticed a discrepancy with the way the pulldown menu (I don't know what it's officially called, the sub-window that appears when you mouse-over your name at the top) displays reputation changes, and ...
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More close votes
A few people at least ran out of close votes. With the new /review and more reviewing activity, perhaps it is time for a raise?
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Can we darken the followed links on superuser just a smidgen?
The links on large text (either followed or unfollowed) look fine, but the small link text for a followed link is a bit bright for a white background.
I don't have a suggestion for a replacement ...
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When flagging, requested to have link to duplicate
I wanted to flag two of the answers to this question as duplicates of the accepted answer, as they were later, and had less information (and thus serve no purpose).
For the flag (can't yet vote to ...
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Why does SU allow me to change my display name without confirmation and limits further changes?
Recently, I was editing my profile, typing something, and an advertisement frame popped up, for lack of better name, since y'all are sparing on the ads. The 'frame' somehow caused my cursor focus to ...
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Tag synonyms for denial-of-service
Since the DOS tag is ambiguous, I've just created the denial-of-service tag. I already started retagging a few questions.
The problem is that denial-of-service won't appear as a possible choice when ...
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Feature Request: Downvotes not charged if item is deleted
Scenario: there was an incorrect answer to the question How to take the cube root of a negative number in VBA for Excel? (The answerer had not read the question carefully before replying.) I downvoted ...
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Is it possible to paste an image from the clipboard into a question or an answer?
When asking a question involving system message boxes I try to insert an image of the message box in the body of the question, instead of just quoting a long message (example).
However, the process ...
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Suggestion: It needs to be clearer which sites are available?
Excuse my newb-on-meta big boots.
I find it frustrating that I often don't know where to post my question being a jack of all trades. I suggest it is made clearer which StackExchange sites are ...
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