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Activity for trichoplax
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Avatar alt text does not fit in avatar available space On a slow connection the user avatar may not immediately be available. When it has not yet finished loading there is placeholder text displayed instead (the alt text for the image). However, at the specified font size this does not fit into the space allocated for the avatar, resulting in it overflow... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Text colour works in edit preview but not in saved post I entered the following markdown into an answer I posted recently: ```text ImageMagick > An error occurred while installing rmagick (4.2.6), and Bundler cannot continue. ``` I wasn't sure if the red colour would work, but I tried it to find out. In the edit preview, it looked like this: ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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New activity grey circle indicators confusingly triggered by question deletion Related: - Make "last activity" notices on question lists more useful (GitHub) - Can "last activity" provide more context on what was that happened? (Meta) - Posts list shows luap42 instead of actual author (Software) (Note that those are about the wordings on the question list page, whereas ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Clarify "Remember me" When signing in there is a checkbox labelled "Remember me". There is no supporting information to indicate what this checkbox is for. Without it, a user may not know which of the following it means: - "Remember username": Make the browser remember your username for next time you sign in (so you on... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Remember 2FA on this device On some sites that support Two Factor Authentication (2FA) there is the option of remembering your device so that in future 2FA will only be required if signing in from a different device. This is optional so that it can be disabled for users who share a device or who require additional security in c... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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No title text on edges of buttons away from icons The "Dashboard", "Notifications", and "Mobile Sign In" buttons in the page header at the top right of the page have title text which displays those names. However, the title text is on the icon rather than the whole button, so it does not display when hovering over the edge of the button, even though... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Reputation change indicator on dashboard The dashboard button in the site header On the dashboard there are indicators for each Category of each community, that appear when there is new activity in that Category: The dashboard showing indicators for Categories with new activity Would it be helpful to also show the reputation for ea... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Tags shown on a question can differ from tags shown when editing that question It appears that this may have been incidentally fixed by other recent changes. I have just suggested an edit on the question you linked to, and I was able to see the tag "writing-instruments" and remove it. The edit will need to wait for review, but it seems that simply being able to suggest it means... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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HTML entities & the question content preview An ampersand shows as `&` instead of `&` in the following question content preview: A question content preview with an HTML entity instead of an ampersand I've also included an ampersand in the title of this question to test whether the title is also affected in the question preview. As can... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header At the top of the page there are sections for the community's Categories, which are displayed as tabs that can be switched between. For example, here on Meta Codidact there are "Q&A", "Site Proposals", and "Blog". Similarly, on the next line down there are sections for things relevant to the curre... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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The mystery of the alt text warning in a post with no images Amusingly, a post about alt text triggered the missing alt text warning: A post containing a code block that triggered the alt text warning I can see why the warning was triggered - the post contains the markdown for an image, which has the standard placeholder text instead of a meaningful desc... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Quicker replacement of image alt text placeholder After adding an image to a Codidact post, the automatically entered markdown looks like this: ```text Image alt text ``` The `Image alt text` part is to be replaced with a meaningful description of the image, for use by screen readers, or by browsers if the image fails to load or loads slowly... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Surprising page load after pressing "follow new" Clicking "follow new" below an answer results in the page being reloaded with that answer as the highlighted answer at the top of the answer list, with the message "You are accessing this answer with a direct link". This is potentially jarring for someone not expecting a page change. It also makes fo... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Should markdown links work in comment thread titles? Markdown links work in comment thread comments, but not in comment thread titles: A comment thread with raw markdown in the title Would it be better if they worked in the title too? If there is a reason to avoid links in thread titles, would it be better to convert the link text to standard ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Impolite comments Since this question was asked, the ability to flag individual comments has been implemented, so the workaround mentioned in the other answers is no longer required. It may not be immediately apparent that this is now possible, so here's a quick guide: - At the bottom of the comment thread click... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Comment flagging is hidden from inexperienced users I do not see flagging as something that should be restricted to experienced users who know where to find the link. A new user who sees a comment on their first post and wants to flag it should not have to wonder how to do this, or wonder whether flagging is an option for them. Including the flag l... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Comment flagging is hidden from inexperienced users GitHub issue: https://github.com/codidact/qpixel/issues/544 In the past, it was not possible to flag individual comments for moderator attention. There was a Meta question asking how to respond to comments that would otherwise be flagged. The suggestion was to instead flag the post on which t... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Creating new Discord channels I've been looking at the Codidact Communities Discord channels (see the join us in chat link in the right hand panel of this page). Is it possible for Codidact Communities Discord users to create new channels? Currently there is a channel per community, but I was wondering if there is the option o... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Posted question has old layout in the tour After completing the tour, the resulting question that is displayed uses an old version of the question layout, rather than training a new user to recognise the current layout. The bottom of the question in the tour looks like this: Bottom of tour question showing old layout The bottom of a ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Cannot add tags during tour During the tour, the user is asked to add tags to their new question. The tags (either the suggested ones or other words) are not recognised, instead displaying "The results could not be loaded": Tags box showing "The results could not be loaded" This prevents entering any tags (pressing Enter ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Should post tags go above the post content, rather than below it? Tags should be at the top In addition to the possibility of navigating to the question from somewhere other than the questions list (which means I haven't seen the tags), I'd also find it useful to see the tags at the top of the question when I have navigated from the questions list. I don't necessa... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: A way to edit my suggested edits In addition to the mistakes in edits mentioned in the question, I would also find this functionality useful for times where I want to make a second (unrelated) edit before the first edit has been approved. For example, I may make a quick edit to fix a typo, then later realise there is a wording th... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Other top bar drop-downs should be closed when another is opened It appears that this has now been fixed by the fix to Clicking outside of notification popup does not close it. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Please build inline editing functionality Editing a question For editing a question, I see no particular advantage to either approach, so my opinion will be motivated by the advantages and disadvantages when editing an answer. Editing an answer When editing an answer, there are 2 aspects that influence my decision on whether to prefer i... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Ability to revert an edit Would people find it useful to be able to revert an edit from the history? I imagine that reverting the most recent edit would be straightforward to implement, but that reverting an earlier edit would be significantly more challenging to implement. With this in mind, which is there more demand for... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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No indication of zero results in tag search When searching the Tags section, a search string that gives no results gives an empty results section, rather than a message saying there were no results. This makes it unclear whether there is a problem with the site, or just zero results: No indication of no results in a tag search This is in... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Where do meta questions about the Codidact Collab site belong? Should I ask questions about the Codidact Collab site here on Codidact Meta, or over on the Collab site itself? I notice that Collab doesn't have its own Meta section, unlike most Codidact communities. I thought of asking this question on Collab, but I noticed the tag wiki for the `support` tag th... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Collab question pages not fully encrypted The main page of Collab Codidact is encrypted fully and shows a padlock symbol in the URL bar (top of the page on desktop, bottom of the page on mobile) in Firefox: Collab question list page Desktop Desktop Collab question list page with padlock Mobile Mobile Collab question list page with p... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Lack of availability of info on hover with touchscreen devices Many aspects of Codidact pages have title text ("tool tip[]()" / "hover text") that gives further detail/explanation when the mouse pointer is hovered over them. This useful information is unavailable on touchscreen devices such as mobile phones and tablets. In those cases where the additional inf... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Logo becomes tiny in mobile landscape mode and narrow desktop windows Related bug (not sure if the solution will be related): - Logo shrinks from blue notification circle The size of the community logo at the top left of the page changes based on the width of the window. On mobile, with a narrow screen, this gives a large logo that is easily visible on the s... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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The meaning of "follow new" on your own posts Below each post, at the top of the comment section, is a link to "follow new". The title text displayed when hovering over this link says "Follow all new comment threads on this post". It is clear to me what this means for posts other than my own. However, it seems confusing for one of my own post... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Link to a specific edit in the history I can link to the edit history of a post, for example, the edit history of the meta question you are reading, but I can't see a way to link to a specific edit in the history. Is there currently an undocumented way that works? Could explicit support for linking to a specific edit be added? On... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Drop down panels drift away from their buttons on zooming Note: This is not related to the recent code release - I noticed this before that. The panels that appear when clicking on the Notifications or Communities buttons at the top right of the page are positioned correctly regardless of zoom level (they automatically appear in the right place for t... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Potentially misleading plus symbol with "follow new" link I like the new "follow new" feature that allows being notified of any new comment threads on a post. However, I think that using a plus symbol (`+`) next to it could be confusing, as this is often associated with adding a new comment, rather than being notified of new comments. "follow new" link w... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Minor indentation misalignment in keyboard shortcuts help box Very minor bug in case it's worth fixing at the same time as any other change to the keyboard shortcuts: The keyboard shortcuts help box has one space less of indentation for `t` than for all the other shortcuts: (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Making explicit that there are no options with the t shortcut from the questions list page On a specific question page, the `t` shortcut brings up a list of options for the question or one of its answers (depending on which is currently selected): Options after pressint t On the questions list page, the `t` shortcut selects the first question if one is not already selected, but does ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Mentioned `d` shortcut not yet showing or working Just to let you know: The new `d` keyboard shortcut mentioned in Recent feature changes to the Codidact software doesn't appear to be present yet. > Keyboard shortcut `d` opens the dashboard Pressing `d` has no affect, and it doesn't appear in the keyboard shortcuts list displayed by pressin... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Code block exceeds the screen height on mobile I like the new taller code blocks when working in the desktop site, but they can be problematic on mobile. On mobile, even in portrait orientation (screen height is larger than screen width), a code block of 40 lines or more can exceed the screen height. This makes it possible to accidentally let ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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MathJax in profiles displays differently depending on community Some communities have MathJax enabled, which allows including mathematical notation in posts. I wondered whether this would extend to the user profile, so I did a test. I edited my profile to include the following: ```text Testing MathJax in a profile: $1+1$ ``` The preview showed mathe... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Notifications and Communities buttons not responding to icon clicks Previously, clicking on the icon for Notifications or Communities at the top right of the page resulted in the appropriate drop down panel appearing. Today, the panel only opens if the square area around the icons is clicked. Clicking on the icons themselves does not open the panel (although it still... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Category new activity indicators reset after release Thanks very much for the recent release of bug fixes and features. It's also highlighted another potential improvement: I notice that since the release the grey circles indicating that a Category has new activity appears for all communities for all Categories. Checking the dashboard is probably th... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Double brackets in footnotes While typing the initial draft of a post, or editing an existing post, footnotes appear in the preview in superscript in square brackets, like this: Footnote with single square brackets during editing However, after saving the post, the footnotes appear in superscript in double square brackets,... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Preview of edits so reviewers can see what has changed When looking at a pending edit on the suggested edits page, only the markdown shows. There is no preview of how this will be rendered. This presents two problems: 1. Any subtle error introduced by the edit that prevents the post from rendering correctly will be difficult to spot, risking a faulty... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Codidact Collab - should it be listed? For people looking for a route from here to there For now, while Codidact Collab is not in the drop down list of sites, I've realised that Collab is included in the dashboard, which is available from the button at the top right of the page, between the help button and the notifications button, whi... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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A: Codidact Collab - should it be listed? Personally, I am not currently looking to learn Ruby and contribute to QPixel, but I am interested in occasionally browsing Codidact Collab to see what's happening. I only discovered it through a link I happened to stumble upon, and was completely unaware of it before that. If it was included in t... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Codidact Collab - should it be listed? The drop down menu at the top right of each Codidact page shows a list of all the sites in the network. The list is also shown in the page footer, and on codidact.com. There is also a site for people who work on the QPixel software that Codidact runs on, called Codidact Collab. However, this one i... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Markdown spoiler sections - is there any need? Standard markdown does not include spoiler sections (hidden until clicked on). Personally, on those rare occasions when I find need to temporarily hide something, I'm happy using `` HTML tags instead, which gives a sufficiently similar effect: ``` Spoiler! Click here to reveal Secret d... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Adjustable size comment text area The character limit for a comment is 1000, but the text area in which it is typed or edited is much smaller than this. Most comments are short, but some comments can have reason to be longer, and others can be taller despite being only a small number of characters (due to quote blocks, code blocks... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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Main and subheadings are almost the same size, but not in the edit preview When editing a post, headings with a single hash `#` show as significantly bigger than headings with a double hash `##`. However, after saving, these two headings are much closer in size (to the point that my initial draft of this post mistakenly claimed that they are the same size). For example: ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
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False positive for 30,000 character limit I tried to edit a post, but I received the following message saying it is over 30,000 characters. I double checked in a text editor that the number of characters is 27,835 (as shown in the Codidact edit text box - see the orange writing at the bottom right of the image below), and also confirmed that... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |