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You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.

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Users asking ubuntu questions should be informed about askubuntu ?

That's not much of choice when you don't know you have an option and someone suggest "Post this on Ask Ubuntu instead", is it (and this is what I've seen many times in regards to Ask Different, the Ap …
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Proposed cancel comment button

When you post something, there's no cancel button. When you edit something, there is. It's simply consistency. When you edit a comment, you get the button. When you post an answer, you don't …
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10 votes
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Linking to revision diffs

It's possible to link to certain revisions of a post. For example, here I can copy links to revision 1 and revision 2. Unfortunately, it is not possible to link to the diff between two revisions, whi …
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9 votes

Is there a way to get a email whenever there's a new answer in a thread?

You can request email notifications for your inbox, if you haven't accessed it in a while, which takes care of answers to your own questions, and comments to your posts or addressing you. While you c …
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Hot or not; Tweak the Top Questions list to discard poor questions

Example: https://superuser.com/questions/419503/how-to-reset-unlock-code-in-nokia-x2-01, a -2 score closed question Hotness: ln(19)*4 + ((0*(-2))/5) + 0 divided by 3 - 0 (two hours old) = 3,92 Be …
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1 vote

Can we darken the followed links on superuser just a smidgen?

I know that RGB isn't the best color space to make this argument, but it should still be obvious that the proposal just doesn't work. Anything darker (enough to be more readable) is barely distinguish …
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2 votes
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Refer users to appropriate sites for off-topic questions on the On-Topic help page

Quoting What topics can I ask about here?: If your question is not specifically on-topic for Super User, it may be on topic for another Stack Exchange site. For suggestions where to post your ques …
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6 votes

How do I return to the main site from Meta?

Click Stack Exchange, then Super User. Now a new item has been added to meta's help menu:
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4 votes

Adding a table/grid control to the markdown options

Here are some useful characters for building tables: ╔╦═╗ ╠╬═╣ ║║ ║ ╚╩═╝ Example: ╔═════╦═══╗ ║ xxx ║ b ║ ╠═════╬═══╣ ║ aaa ║ c ║ ╠═════╬═══╣ ║ ddd ║ e ║ ╚═════╩═══╝ If you're on OS X, they're i …
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6 votes
3 answers
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Bounties for Meta topics

On MSO, bounties are used extensively to raise awareness about specific issues. Child Meta sites don't have bounty support. The reason is stated in this related MSO topic: Child Metas don't have bou …
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Bounties for Meta topics

What is reputation on the main site? You could say it's a representation of your technical skills and knowledge and how well you put it into answers. In that case, the read-only reputation on the cor …
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3 votes
1 answer
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Use block quote style from SU on MSU

Block quotes are a good (if semantically questionable) way to visually separate e.g. screenshots as part of a post on SU, which might otherwise be mistaken as part of the post text, since the get a li …
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1 vote
0 answers
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Add all-time column to meta user card drop down

By "user card drop down", I mean this: It'd be interesting to see the all-time +/– votes score in an additional column. It's not something that can be easily determined otherwise, since there's …
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5 votes
0 answers
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{merged} or {closed} markers for merged questions

I had to use {x} in the title, because I'm not allowed to use [x] (especially not [closed]): Oops! Your question couldn't be submitted because: title can't include the closed marker. title contains …
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5 votes
0 answers
79 views

"You've earned a badge" does not set appropriate activity filter in user profile

When you click on the profile link in the message bar notifying about a new badge, you are taken to the activity section of your profile. The last selected filter (e.g. comments) is still applied, …
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