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This is by design. Sometimes, for example for the Code Golf scoreboard, we need to have a direct link to the answers. Since on questions with many answers the answers are paginated and the order is...
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#3: Post edited
- This is by design. Sometimes, for example for the Code Golf scoreboard, we need to have a direct link to the answers. Since on questions with many answers the answers are paginated and the order is calculated "on the fly", it's not possible to say beforehand, on which page an answer would be.
- Therefore we added that helper URL which forces the answer to be shown without regards to the pagination; especially as that's easier to do than doing complex (and inefficient) calculations about the page the answer is likely to be on.
To reduce confusion, we have now added a notice above the answer when it is shown out of order.
- This is by design. Sometimes, for example for the Code Golf scoreboard, we need to have a direct link to the answers. Since on questions with many answers the answers are paginated and the order is calculated "on the fly", it's not possible to say beforehand, on which page an answer would be.
- Therefore we added that helper URL which forces the answer to be shown without regards to the pagination; especially as that's easier to do than doing complex (and inefficient) calculations about the page the answer is likely to be on.
- To reduce confusion, we have now added a notice above the answer when it is shown out of order, like this:
- ![You are accessing this answer with a direct link, so it's being shown above all other answers regardless of its score. You can (return to the normal view (that's a link)).](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/qfyTaZm6ej7rHMDngPzAjKhG)
#2: Post edited
- This is by design. Sometimes, for example for the Code Golf scoreboard, we need to have a direct link to the answers. Since on questions with many answers the answers are paginated and the order is calculated "on the fly", it's not possible to say beforehand, on which page an answer would be.
Therefore we added that helper URL which forces the answer to be shown without regards to the pagination; especially as that's easier to do than doing complex (and inefficient) calculations about the page the answer is likely to be on.
- This is by design. Sometimes, for example for the Code Golf scoreboard, we need to have a direct link to the answers. Since on questions with many answers the answers are paginated and the order is calculated "on the fly", it's not possible to say beforehand, on which page an answer would be.
- Therefore we added that helper URL which forces the answer to be shown without regards to the pagination; especially as that's easier to do than doing complex (and inefficient) calculations about the page the answer is likely to be on.
- To reduce confusion, we have now added a notice above the answer when it is shown out of order.
#1: Initial revision
This is by design. Sometimes, for example for the Code Golf scoreboard, we need to have a direct link to the answers. Since on questions with many answers the answers are paginated and the order is calculated "on the fly", it's not possible to say beforehand, on which page an answer would be. Therefore we added that helper URL which forces the answer to be shown without regards to the pagination; especially as that's easier to do than doing complex (and inefficient) calculations about the page the answer is likely to be on.