Questions tagged [design]
question about the design of the site
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Is there any official "Ask Ubuntu" color defined?
I´m planning to add the "Ask" logo into the simple-icons project, in the hope of contributing to the growing collection of the stack exchange network icons.
Things are, I haven't found a ...
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"Marked as duplicate" should include a link to the duplicate(s) and not just "Ask a new question"
At the top of the question, we have:
and at the bottom we have
Sometimes the question can be very long and these two boxes can be very far apart. If you come from somewhere else (for example, via ...
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Reject buttons looks too much like an ok button
I got the following notification inside my inbox:
Edit suggested
I clicked on the notification and got to the following page:
https://askubuntu.com/review/suggested-edits/880858
Because it ...
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Badges getting cut in half
Seems like the badges are getting cut in half. Attaching the screenshot below
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Ask Ubuntu new site theme is live
We rolled out the new site theme for Ask Ubuntu. It is now live.
What new theme?
If you're like, "What the heck are you talking about?", then you should read the Meta Stack Exchange post entitled ...
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Bug with code of conduct notification
Not sure if this is related to the new theme that's being worked on or not, but:
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Why user is able to edit comments in multiple textareas in the same time?
By accident I have clicked edit link on comment twice.
After first click I have textarea for editing it (it is normal and expected behavior).
But on second and third click on edit I get garbage:
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Text on Ask Ubuntu overwrites other text
This occurred today and at other times. Anyone else experienced it?
It has occured on 16.04 and 18.04.(Ubuntu Mate)
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The top menu has moved to the left
The top menu has moved to the left. I checked in two different browsers.
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Ask Ubuntu new site theme coming soon [duplicate]
You might have seen the featured post Rollout of new network site themes on Meta Stack Exchange already, but here are the relevant parts for Ask Ubuntu again:
As mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com ...
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Mobile view adds linebreaks before and after images even if they are very small
If my answer uses a package one has to install first, I like to add an AptURL link with the small package symbol , e.g. for sl using this:
[`sl` ](http:...
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Ask Ubuntu site layout is wrong on Mozilla Firefox and SeaMonkey
I use Mozilla Firefox ESR 52.6.0 and Mozilla Seamonkey 2.49.2 on Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS x86_64 and Windows 8.1 x86_64 with installed updates.
After some updates of site design its layout is somehow broken ...
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Commenting on a test review question automatically scolds you with "STOP! Look and listen" - Why? [duplicate]
I stumbled over a review question, which turned out to be a Test question.
I tried to write a comment that OP might consider using the older, 4.10 kernel, since there seem to be a lot of issues with ...
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Push users through the Tour as part of onboarding
Recently, this post came up on Meta, and they brought up a good point (paraphrased):
I should have read the tour, but i couldn't even find it or even know that one existed. When you ask for help, ...
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New navbar bug review queues not operating as expected
This is different from Review queue false negatives on the new top bar which has been dismissed as status-by-design. When I first logged on this morning the review queue indicator was not lit. After ...
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Glitch on profile page with dropdowns
The next privilege button on the profile page shows through the three drop-downs on the top.
I tend to start my browsing at this page then check my inbox so I see it every visit.
Chrome&Firefox
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Bounty button on mobile looks as if it's already rewarded on question with open bounties
I have a question with two answers, that I had an open bounty on.
When I opened the site on mobile to award the bounty before time runs out, the +100 buttons looked as if the bounty was already ...
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Ubuntu related Stack Overflow Careers ad
Why aren't there a "looking for a job" section in Askubuntu like other Stack Exchange sites ( stackoverflow , server fault .. )
I think it will be cool to show stack Overflow linux/ubuntu Careers ads....
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Toast notifications overlap the Ubuntu top bar
Part of the Stack Exchange JS library includes functionality to create notification messages - the most common perhaps being "Thanks, we'll take a look at it" after casting a flag.
These ...
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Background with dots gives unpleasant effects on scroll
Most LCD monitors have problems displaying regular patterns of dots (or lines). I've tried several LCDs, and on each of them dots in background of askubuntu flicker badly. That's why it's a bad idea ...
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The yellow "question has been deleted" bar is underneath the Ubuntu navbar when scrolling
When scrolling down, the "this question has been deleted" bar is partially hidden under the Ubuntu navigation bar:
I think the z-index ordering should be done in such a way that the yellow popup bar ...
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Ask Ubuntu logo is quite wobbly
Look:
Please fix. You could use this sprite file (all text is converted into paths).
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Menu bar is covering the Deletion pop-up
The "Recommend Deletion" pop-up is not fully visible.
Yes, this is a minor bug, but it looks clean it this is fixed.
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Feature request - Change color of block quote [duplicate]
I'd like to request that the color of block quotes gets changed from a light gray to a light yellow (like SO, AE)
As it is now, it's very hard to see the difference between a block quote and a code ...
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Topbar design is out of date
Ubuntu redesigned their website, meaning Ask Ubuntu's top bar is out of date.
Note how the top bar "jumps" about:
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What about simplifying the UI for AskUbuntu?
I've had an idea of simplifying the overwhelming interface of AskUbuntu by correcting any overload on the users.
If you want an example I can make some images, but first someone has to be at least ...
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Firstrun "How it works" #herobox is misaligned
I like to think the Ask Ubuntu is lawful good but we've got a box on the homepage that is clearly chaotic evil. What, no AD&D fans in tonight? *sighs* Tough crowd.
Awful jokes aside, ...
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Redesigned disabled buttons in review are hard to distinguish
After recent redesign, the buttons in review queue [No Action Needed] and [I'm Done] look almost the same. I would start competition if you can distinguish which one is disabled on the below image (...
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MS Azure ads not showing correctly in the sidebar
I don't know if this is the right place to post this, but I've noticed something strange. Every ad for Azure that comes up in the sidebar on Ask Ubuntu is cut off on the right side, taking some text ...
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User profile tabs are double-underlined on hover
When one hovers over a tab name on user profile / activity page, the name gets underlined twice, in addition to changing color to red. I suspect this may be a CSS bug, because having three effects on ...
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Could we improve the visibility of links
The color on links is, fitting to the site design, red.
As somone suffering from red–green color blindness, which isn't rarely (depending on origin up to 10%), it's hard for me to spot links on ...
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The Canonical navigation bar has diverged from the canon
Possibly due to the recent CSS refactoring, the pseudo-Canonical navigation bar no longer matches the top bar of ubuntu.com sites. Here is how they compare in my Chrome (Windows):
AU bar
Canonical ...
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Why can't a question be marked a duplicate of a question on another stackexchang site?
I came across the following question: Merging 2 files based on single column. Even though two answers have been posted already I answered a very similar question already on another stackexchange site:...
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The "accepted" word is not visible under the "all actions" tab in the profile page
This bug exists on both sites, on meta and on main.
The word is there, but its text color is in the same as the background (technically, the background on the span is black, but has an opacity of 0, ...
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Why are there hyperlinks when you scroll up a bunch
On Safari 8.0.6, scrolling up above the ubuntu bar causes links to show up. Is this a bug?
EDIT
By scroll up I mean scroll beyond the top limit which is only possible (I think) with the trackpad. ...
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edit reviews: the suggestion comment is not highlighted any more
The comment from the suggesting person used to be immediately visible (different background IIRC)
Now it doesn't stand out from the rest, making it a bit harder to find the comment and compare it to ...
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Questions with 0 answers not highlighted any more :-(
I used to easily see the questions which have not yet got any answer as they were displayed in a red circle until recently.
Now it's very hard to easily spot them, and I don't think the argument "too ...
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Underline on new reputation graph looks weird
This is what I see when hovering my reputation graph in the new profile page:
Can the underline please be removed?
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What does '(1)' in tab title mean?
It could be seen somtimes when I surfing Ask Ubuntu that something different on the title of my web-browser, which is '(', number, and ')' such as (2).
'(2) Ask Ubuntu'
'(1) Ask Ubuntu'
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Minor site design updates
As you can see, Ask Ubuntu community site got a slight design update today. I have moved site's CSS to a newly refactor LESS system, so it's more maintainable for us to fix SE network CSS bugs ...
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Ask Ubuntu CSS Error: Bounty elements have margin-right offset on question view
It messes up the inline flow. See what I mean below:
Can this be fixed?
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Why does the Canonical bar on meta omit Insights and Juju?
Canonical navigation bar, as seen on main Ask Ubuntu site:
Canonical navigation bar, as seen here on meta:
Or just look at the top of your screen... Two items are missing: Insights and Juju.
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The letter i is not displayed properly.
I've been meaning to post about this for a while. On my machine (LMDE, firefox, various versions) the letter i on AU is not displayed properly:
&...
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Icons for top relvent tags
I just noticed that with Stack Overflow's tags many of the tags have nice fancy icons:
Wondering if we could get some tag bling as well? Certainly some of the browsers/top programs may benefit from ...
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There is a bug with the bounty banner
When a new bounty without a comment appears, the add a comment appears half over the grey banner background:
While not a bad bad bug, it is annoying.
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Icon Overlap CSS in Chrome
Encountered using Chrome 36.0.1985.125 on Mac OS X (10.9.4). It is not present in Firefox on either Mac or Linux. I'm not a Moderator (or 10K user) on any other sites, so I can't test and see if this ...
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Why is there small text randomly on the review history?
Some - about 2 thirds of the reviews - have got larger text, and the other third has small text - why? It is staring to really bug my OCDness that it is random - not even reviewed, no action needed (...