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Activity for trichoplax
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Single line summary of currently applied filters When no filters are applied to a post list it shows "Filters (None)". When there are filters applied to a post list it shows "Filters ()". Would it be useful for there to be a 1 line summary of the currently applied filters instead of empty parentheses? For example, it could say something li... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288181 |
That seems like a good reason to make the filters start collapsed, but they might still benefit from a summary in parentheses for after filters are applied.
This isn't really search specific though, so maybe I'll raise this for filters in general. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288188 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Community sort order As the list of communities gets longer, it becomes more difficult to find any particular one in the various places they are listed. Sorting Would it be helpful to have sorting buttons, similar to at the top of post lists? The sorting criteria might be slightly different, perhaps: - alphabetical ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288181 |
To counteract the lack of information when the filter section is collapsed, we could show a filter summary when collapsed. On post lists, the collapsed filter section already says "Filters (none)" when no filters are applied, but simply "Filters ()" when there are filters applied.
Those empty pare... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288181 |
Post edited: Paragraph break |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288181 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
No visible response when searching on mobile After searching from the search box at the top of each page, you are taken to a search results page. This has the search box with the current search term prepopulated, ready to modify and search again, followed by a filter section. On mobile this fills all of the vertical space on the screen, so e... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288180 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Cannot search for net negative votes Searching for `votes:-8` does not give results with net votes -8. Instead it returns all posts, regardless of votes. Upvotes and downvotes break in exactly the same way for negative numbers, but for those I wouldn't expect to be able to use negative numbers, as there can never be a negative number... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288179 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Mismatch between search guidance, search help page, and search behaviour for votes and score There is some inconsistency between the guidance and the behaviour when searching by votes or by score. Searching by votes In-page search guidance > votes:4 votes with 4+ votes Search help page > you can use `votes:5` to find posts where the net votes (upvotes minus downvotes) of a post equa... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288178 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Reconsidering the shorthand for month in search From the search help: > You can use m for minute, h for hour, d for day, w for week, mo for month, and y for year. It seems likely that users would want to use months more often than minutes in a search. Would it be more useful for "m" to mean month, and for minute to be the one with an awkward... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288177 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
PolicyDoc and HelpDoc hidden from search Searching for `posttype:3` (PolicyDoc) gives no results. Similarly for `posttype:4` (HelpDoc). Should these post types be excluded from the options presented when the user types `posttype:`, or should the search be amended to include results from the help section (it currently only seems to return... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288176 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Searching for answers by tag Searching for `posttype:2` (answer) and a tag gives no results, as answers do not have tags. Intuitively, I would expect this to return results which are answers to a question with that tag. - Is this also what other users would expect? - Would this be straightforward to implement? - Would this... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288175 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Adding the search guidance hints to the search results page too When entering a search term, there is some guidance showing above the text box: The area above the search box, containing hints on each type of search term The guidance is only shown before the initial search. Could it also be shown above the text box of the search results page, so the user can... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288156 |
The section on quality makes me realise that anyone can vote on any proposal, even if it is not a proposal they have an interest in / knowledge about. This is true of all of our communities, but in the incubator the proposals will all be presented in one place so people browsing will be more likely t... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288162 |
Might be worth having a quick note somewhere to help people understand how to get the most out of the filters with the incubator. If you filter to include tags for proposal-a and proposal-b, you will only see posts tagged with ***both*** of those tags, which in most cases will be none.
The solutio... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288160 |
I see the problem, but I'd expect it to take far more effort than that to make a proposal seem viable under the new system where there need to be many questions and many answers.
I acknowledge that we can't rule out the possibility of someone trying though. The incubator would definitely benefit f... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288162 |
My initial assumption was that edit wars on the Site Description would lead to a Meta post discussing which description to go with.
I can see the appeal of having the proposed modifications as "answers" to the Site Description post, so that they are right there for voting and discussion rather tha... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288162 |
I like the idea of a separate category per proposal, but I'm not sure how the site would deal with a long list of categories that don't fit across the top of the screen. It currently seems to struggle with communities that have more categories once the window gets narrow. This is not a reason to avoi... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288160 |
Although it's possible for someone to create sock puppet accounts and try to manipulate the system, I would expect most people involved in trying to start a new community to have good intentions. I don't see a financial incentive for manipulation and even with sock puppet accounts a user would have t... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288160 |
For a proposal that has enough questions to show that it is clearly not a good candidate for a new community, I like the suggestion of removing the questions to reduce clutter. Perhaps the same or similar tool to the one that migrates questions to a new successful community could also be used to remo... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288155 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Unclickable suggested edit button below post After suggesting an edit to a post, it is displayed differently to indicate that the edit is pending. This difference is in 2 places. The top of the post shows a message in a box: Box containing message "Your suggested edit on this post is pending review." Below the post, the edit button has... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288151 |
Post edited: Fix to the awkward workaround advice thanks to Monica |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288151 |
Post edited: Slight clarification of root cause section |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288151 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Sorting by score after excluding a tag gave me a 500 error First, to quote from the 500 page: > It's not your fault. Thanks for raising this. Instant workaround For your particular combination of filters and sorting criterion, here is a corrected link that you can use until the bug is fixed: - [Site Proposals excluding tag status-launched sorted b... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #288143 |
Ah - that makes sense now.
If there is already code to decide whether to show the additional sections then I guess that same code can be used to decide whether to show the "Posts" heading, so this might just be a copy and paste. Maybe. (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288139 |
Post edited: Mention bar is not interactive |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288139 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
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Redundant "Posts" heading on every community in the dashboard There is a [dashboard] available from the top right of the screen: The 3 by 3 grid of squares icon representing the dashboard at the top right of the screen This shows the categories for each Codidact community, along with an indicator for any categories that have new activity: Desktop versi... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287691 |
As the last paragraph in parentheses is a separate useful suggestion, I've raised it as a separate Meta question, but applying to all post types not just answers: https://meta.codidact.com/posts/288103 (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287719 |
In terms of available space, it looks like anything 4 characters or fewer will fit in the available space.
In terms of being understood, I personally see the abbreviation "pic" as sufficiently widely used to not need any further explanation.
Looks like the font size doesn't need to change after... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287696 |
I guess as a way of finding out that I've had a reputation change without visiting every community, either solution would work (dashboard or network profile). I don't have a preference for which solution is chosen.
Longer term, I wonder if it might be useful to have the reputation change show up i... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288125 |
Post edited: Mention draft questions in support of tab styling |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288124 |
Post edited: Add my opinion |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288125 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header Another option is to not use button styling in the bar at all. The "Ask Question" button can become another tab along with "Posts", "Tags", and "Edits": Codidact Meta site with all 4 items styled as tabs, with "Posts" selected This is my personal preference as it simplifies the interface withou... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288124 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Answer | — |
A: Confusing reuse of styling between button and tab header One option is to style the tabs as tabs rather than buttons, similar to the row above which shows the category tabs. The "Ask Question" button can then remain a button: Codidact Meta site with "Posts" styled as a tab rather than a button I prefer this to the current situation with 2 things that... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Comment | Post #287656 |
The regex would have to check whether the text is inside or outside a code block, which includes single back ticks, triple back ticks, `code` tags, plus all the back tick variations that markdown allows for special use cases. This would mean effectively writing a markdown renderer in regex, which wou... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288103 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |
| Question | — |
Tailored previews in search results to show the relevant parts of each post In search results the title is shown followed by a preview of the post, consisting of the first few lines. I would find it more useful to see the section of the post that contains the search term, in order to easily judge the relevance of the result at a glance. For example, one of the results ... (more) |
— | over 1 year ago |
| Edit | Post #288070 | Initial revision | — | over 1 year ago |