Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Newest questions with YOUR TAGS only
Not sure if this should be here or meta.SO, but...
A really handy feature for me, and I assume others, would be the option to see ONLY questions tagged with your tags, but in chronological order.
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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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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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Please show close votes state for questioner
I would like to see how many close/reopen votes my question currently has.
The ratiocination is such that I can decide how much effort I'm going to put into it, how many people think the same as the ...
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make incorrectly answered question have unanswered status
I think there should be some way to make any "incorrectly answered question" have "unanswered" status. Just because someone has responded to a question doesn't mean that it is worthwhile. In fact, ...
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See possible duplicates in question
When one opens a question and starts typing a title, a list of possible duplicate questions is shown as illustrated below.
I assume that this isn't used often since some quite obvious duplicates are ...
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Unanswered questions that are answered without upvotes or accepted answers
The Unanswered tab at the top shows that there are more than 8,000 unanswered questions, it also seems to increase every day. I think it's a bad behavior that this keeps increasing...
Don't ...
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editing-help / links
The editing-help page does not mention the simplest types of links:
Here's a really simple link to [Google].
[google]: http://www.google.com/
Are these types of links deliberately discouraged for ...
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Private message feature
I would like to know if it's possible to have a Personal Message feature in SU. Sometimes I want to email a user or even a mod but I don't think it's possible. I think it could be usefull to share ...
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how can we understand some one answer my comment
when we answer a question if some one comment on my answer ( on the next login SU show us the comment(by the blue envelope)) but what if we comment on a question or comment other one answer how can we ...
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Location of the "( visit meta )" link
Can we please move that link to top right? Like this "log out | about | meta | faq" ? Please?
Update: Here is a screenshot
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Suggestion: Link to webapps.stackexchange.com to SuperUser FAQ
May I suggest that we link to webapps.stackexchange.com on the SuperUser FAQ? I asked a question there which was closed with the suggestion to ask there instead.
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Why the blue bar on the left edge of the code tag rectangle on superuser.com?
SuperUser, unlike StackOverflow and Meta has a very weird code box. It has a thick blue edge on the left, which is very distracting.
I would prefer a clean box like this
I don't know why this ...
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Split score into votes
On SO, if you click on a question or answer's score, you can see the number of up and down votes forming that score. I love this feature, but superuser.com doesn't appear to have it. Why not?
Thanatos
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Should we add a "no shopping recommendation" clause to the Super User FAQ?
As discussed several times, shopping questions are off-topic on Super User.
They are too specific, related to a particular time, a particular place, and are also open to subjectivity (advising "which ...
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Isn't the close reason "gaming" a dupe of "off-topic" on Super User?
Due to this question, the close reason on Super User not computer related has been replaced with off-topic now:
close reasons http://www.imageuploading.com/ims/pic.php?u=19720qFeUy&i=122378
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Turn Markdown "code" blocks into plain "preformatted" blocks on Super User
On SU, can we remove the default syntax highlighting? It seems that most uses for the Markdown 4-space-indent-code-block on SU are not actual code, and the syntax highlighting is more of a hindrance ...
quack quixote
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Update the Super User FAQ
With the changes made to the policies recently, and the amount of hits Super User is taking at the moment, I would like to suggest that the current FAQ is updated as follows:
Super User is for ...
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Super User - Suggest adding an operating system tag
When asking a question on Super User, add a suggestion for users to include their "operating system" when adding tags.
It's such a common omission in questions on Super User, I think an extra ...
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Increase reputation requirement for tag editing on SuperUser
I spent some time this evening going through the tags on SuperUser, and considering the wider audience it attracts, which are much more inexperienced the ability to edit tags gets abused quickly. This ...
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SuperUser migrated question solution - Check HTTP Referrer
A lot of people have been complaining that they can't read their questions once it's migrated to SU and while I agree that the password is no state secret (it's stated in the blog), most people don't ...
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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 ...
Grant
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Super User bio background
On SO, and MSO, on a user's profile, the section on the right used for the bio has a grey background.
On SU, it does not. The text is just on the same white background as the rest of the page.
Yet ...
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Will it be possible to vote for migrating a question from superuser.com to stackoverflow or servefault?
I know some questions are moved from SO to SU.
Will SU moderators be able to do a migration from SU to SO/SF ?
(I just dont have enough points to test how migration works myself :) )
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What does it take to gain reputation on superuser.com?
I've asked a couple of questions. I've answered a couple. But my rep is still at 1. What gives? I'd like to start commenting and up voting. And why doesn't rep span all the sites?
paul
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superuser tag prerequisites
should questions on SU have a tag prerequisite for being either hardware or software, as all questions in theory should fall into at least one or other of those categories?
quite a few Q's are ...
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maintaining superuser signal to noise for new users
SuperUser has been open for beta for a very short time and already the flurry of questions is overwhelming and vast. There is a lot of noise (i.e. "Must have...") and very little signal at this point ...
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Please change the "0 Answers" style on SuperUser
The "0 Answers" style on SuperUser looks horrid/out of place.
You know the one I'm talking about, the big burgundy box of badness.
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superuser openid query text is misleading
Superuser gave me this error when I tried to login:
This is an OpenID we haven't seen before:
openid text here
Do you want to create a new Super User account with this OpenID?
(If you want to ...
Alex B
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Remove Moderator Notification Limit during SuperUser Beta [closed]
I agree and respect the Moderator notification limit on the site for flagging content.
However during the SuperUser Beta can this be lifted. There is a few questions that need to be reviewed, and I ...
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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.
Daniel A. White