Questions tagged [feature-request]
You have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Should we run our own UX studies?
While browsing through the questions in UX.SE, I noticed that that a lot of answers to questions don't have links to actual tests/studies. According to this answer that's OK, and we shouldn't do ...
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Vote to close options should include GD.SE and SO
You know, this thing:
The most common sites we migrate to are easily Graphic Design.stackexchange and Stack Overflow; could we get these included in the Off Topic options? Usually this is a result of ...
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UX StackExchange logo is hard to see in the SE profile pages (accounts tab)
The logo is really low contrast compared to elsewhere on UX, where the monochrome logo is used or the darker blue of the favicon.
See here for a live example.
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I've got several good answers, must I pick one?
So I asked about what are the idioms for drop:
What are the common idioms for the drop portion of a drag and drop operation?
There are several good answers, and what I like is that each one ...
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Can StackExchange license Balsamiq for mockups on UX.Stackexchange?
Who thinks it's a good idea for StackExchange to integrate with Balsamiq for UX.StackExchange? I do, and I'd be really happy if we had the ability to make mockups on UX for UX.
This is something for ...
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Undo vote expectancy
The first time I tried to undo an UP vote I naturally tried to click on the DOWN arrow expecting the score to subtract 1.
Instead I had to click on the UP arrow again but logically if you are not ...
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More options for migration in close requests
OK, so I go to request a Q be closed, reason being it would be better answered elsewhere.
This option...
... leads to these options ...
Yeah, just the one site.
I suggest the following be ...
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Adding GraphicDesign.SE to suggestions list when flagging a post as off-topic
Today, the only site suggested as an alternative when flagging a post as off-topic is Meta UX. However, a very large share of off-topic questions should really go to graphic design (a distant second ...
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New feature that would allow the closing of a question via migration to any *.SE site through an automated close/moderator flag process
Related question: Why is meta.ux.stackexchange.com the only choice for migration?
As a result of the answer I received to the aforementioned related question, I thought I'd see about asking for a ...
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Why do links use very similar colours for :visited, :hover and regular links?
When scanning the main page, I find it a little difficult to differentiate between visited links and regular links. I can see the difference but it always catches me off guard as visited links seem to ...
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Should UX.SE have its own blog
At the time of writing, about 15 or so Stack Exchange network sites have their own blogs
Every now and then a comment comes up: It would be good if UX.SE had its own blog!
It would be a good place ...
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UX StackExchange Bottom Notice poor link color contrast
It bugs me that the "bottom-notice" links on the UX pages have such poor contrast. The color contrast of #E8BF6C against a #FFFFFF background is 1.74:1.
WCAG 2.0's luminosity contrast algorithm ...
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Should we allow Community Wiki-type lists posts on the main site
Questions such as Gallery of Step1, Step2, Step3, … progress bar UIs for web apps? are posts requesting lists of examples of a certain type of technique being used 'out in the wild'. I feel these sort ...
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How to encourage questions
Firstly, I am suggesting this only for UX.se, so please don't migrate it to the Stack Overflow meta.
Right now UX.se has become almost exclusively about computer related UX and mostly leaves out the ...
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How to encourage editing and extending and curating answers?
As I understand it, UX.SE is a site for collecting good answers to interesting questions, and less a site for rambling discussions in response to questions.
The "pick a best answer" mechanic drives ...
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Number of badges should be a link
I think that the number of badges in the top-most menu bar should link to https://ux.stackexchange.com/badges
I'm sure I'm not the only one who at least once clicked them to get to the aforementioned ...
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Improve linking between "exact duplicate" questions
When a question is closed as an exact duplicate, the behaviour is not ideal at all. For reference, here's an example question I'll use.
Firstly, the closed message which describes why it was closed ("...
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.main-question-link:hover { text-decoration: underline; }
Please add an underline to the main question link/title on hover. I use it to refresh a question and it's not as clearly clickable without it.
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Feature request: change "modified" to a more descriptive word.
On the active list, I would like to see more descriptive language used in place of "modified."
Instead of saying "modified N hours ago," it would be helpful if instead it said
"edited N hours ago,"
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Where did the "Retag" button go?
Is it me, or did this site used to have a "Re-Tag" button under every question?
If it did, I personally found it useful. Why has it disappeared?
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Should the edit feature reset the questions scroll?
One of the senior users on ux.stackexchange has been editing posts for a few hours. He may be doing to improve the quality of the questions when new users come to it; for their benefit and its all ...
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Should retagging not move questions to the top of the active list?
Retagging questions currently moves them to the top of the active questions list. (I'm not sure, but I think this move may be a result of the retag function having been merged with the edit function.)...
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Feature request: newest answers list
At the moment, we have an option to list the newest questions, why not have one to list the newest answers as well?
This feature would be beneficial for two reasons:
It would benefit users who come ...
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