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Posts by trichoplax‭

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Q&A We need to talk about Abilities

Considering both timeframe and last N events We could base awarding of an ability on both proportion of events in a timeframe, and proportion of events in the last N events. I'll use concrete numb...

posted 8mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Avoiding losing the sort order after filtering

If I sort the question list by "Score" and then apply a filter, the sort order returns to the default "Activity". Could this be made to maintain the chosen sort order?

0 answers  ·  posted 18d ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 17d ago by trichoplax‭

Question feature-request user-experience category-post-list filters
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Q&A Rejected suggested edit changes what is listed as the original text [duplicate]

I viewed a rejected suggested edit, and then made an edit of my own to the same post. I then viewed the rejected suggested edit again, and noticed that the "before" content (the left hand side) inc...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  closed as duplicate 2mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

Question bug suggested-edits
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Q&A MathML and the math tag - MathJax without JavaScript

Allow use of the <math> tag directly Whether we convert MathJax to MathML behind the scenes or not, users should be able to directly add <math> tags to their posts. We currently allow...

posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Window width Copy Link box

The "Copy Link" button below a post usually opens a panel that is narrower than the post, but now it is the width of the window. Since it does not start at the very left of the window, this means i...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

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Q&A Speeding up entry of 2FA codes with a numeric input field

On a touchscreen device with an on-screen keyboard (such as a phone or tablet), the input field for a 2FA code brings up a keyboard of letters, requiring switching to numbers[1] before typing in th...

0 answers  ·  posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by ArtOfCode‭

Question feature-request status-completed mobile-browser user-experience 2fa
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Q&A Should comments have unsupported tags warnings like posts?

Posts have a warning when an HTML tag is used that is not supported: Comments do not have a similar warning, but comments also have tags that are not supported. Should comments have a warnin...

1 answer  ·  posted 2mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 2mo ago by trichoplax‭

Question feature-request comments html warning
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Q&A Help page: call for improvement suggestions

At the top right of each page is a link to Help. If you want a specific help article to be edited or added, please raise that on your community specific Meta so that a moderator can make tho...

4 answers  ·  posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by Olin Lathrop‭

Question discussion moderators help-center
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Q&A 500 error page for user:me when not signed in

My ideal solution would be to inform the user that search results for user:me require a signed in user in order to know who me refers to, and then show a sign in page that will automatically redire...

posted 5mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A No way to discard draft edit to user profile

When writing or editing a post, a draft is automatically saved and reloaded if you close the page and come back to it later. I find this very helpful (particularly when switching between devices). ...

0 answers  ·  posted 6mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by trichoplax‭

Question bug user-profiles user-experience drafts
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Q&A Markdown in close reasons

Markdown does not appear to be processed in the reason given for closing a question. For example, there is a Markdown link in the following close reason, but it is rendered as plain text rather tha...

0 answers  ·  posted 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

Question feature-request close-reasons
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Q&A Vertical jump when switching between tabs on the user page

The first tab on the user page, "Profile", has the username above the row of tabs: All of the other tabs on the user page have the title below the row of tabs: This means that when sw...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 6mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question bug status-completed user-profiles user-experience
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Q&A Shortcut links from All Communities

I love the new "All Communities" section of the user profile page. I've already found it useful several times. I have an idea for an additional feature: The numbers in the columns could be links. ...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

Question feature-request status-completed user-profiles user-experience
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Q&A Would there ever be A / B testing?

ArtOfCode's answer covers true A/B testing, which involves a randomised experiment and the system to support it. However, the question sounds as if it is also considering the ability for individua...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Do we need templates for new posts?

Proposals When proposing a new Codidact community, there is a proposal template but it is a separate page in the help system, provided as a link from the top of the new post page in the Descriptio...

posted 8mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 8mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Message hidden at top of screen: You cannot restore this post deleted by a moderator

If a moderator deletes an answer, and the author of the answer tries to restore it, a notice is added to the top of the page saying "You cannot restore this post deleted by a moderator", but the UR...

0 answers  ·  posted 8mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 5mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A Closed question time looks like local time but is not

Below a question, the time posted is displayed, and hovering over it shows an exact timestamp: Notice that the timestamp is followed by a "Z" to indicate that this time is in the timezone UT...

0 answers  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Can I use SVG in posts?

Do Codidact posts support SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) for images and animations? I can't get either the image upload button or inline SVG to work. Is SVG not supported?

1 answer  ·  posted 11mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 3mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Too subtle formatting of disabled pagination buttons

At the bottom of the Activity tab of my user profile page, there are buttons to move through the pagination of the results. There is a “Previous” button, several specific page number buttons, then ...

0 answers  ·  posted 12mo ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 12mo ago by trichoplax‭

Question bug accessibility user-experience button pagination
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Q&A Empty notifications panel when you have been signed out

Sometimes, after having the site open for a while, it has been automatically signed out. This will not be apparent until you try to navigate and see the page in the signed out layout (no user avata...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

Question bug user-experience notifications
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Q&A Guidance when hovering over upvote and downvote buttons

When hovering over the upvote and downvote counts next to a post, the score of the post is displayed, which is helpful: However, the score is also displayed when hovering over the upvote and dow...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Text colour works in edit preview but not in saved post

The fix for "Although div tag is not allowed, it's rendered in the preview" has also fixed this inconsistent style problem. Entering the same raw text into the input text box now results in an edi...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Minor suggested edits to old posts

My own view is that even minor edits are valuable, even on old posts. I appreciate that there will sometimes be reason to reject such edits, but I would not personally take the age of a post into a...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Hide sorting tab when there are 0 answers on a question

Good idea, not just for closed questions I like the idea of hiding the sorting buttons when they serve no purpose. I see no reason to restrict this to closed questions. If the visibility of the so...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Q&A Can we get email notifications?

I would argue that this feature should be opt out, rather than opt in. That is, everyone should receive email for their notifications (answers to their questions or comments on their posts) unless ...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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