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Can chat get a redesign? Please?
I considered posting this on Meta SE instead of Ask Ubuntu Meta, but because several of these are Ask Ubuntu specific, I went with here. That said, I think the rest of SE chat should get an update, ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are the new SE bar's colors able to be modified?
I'm looking at the new SE Bar, and while it is indeed spiffy, its colors clash a little with both meta AND the main site's styles.
Is it possible for the SE bar to have customized color pallets for ...
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would be possible to change the layout of suggested questions?
I find the layout of the "Questions that may already have your answer" a bit confusing. I'm wondering if it might be a good idea to restyle it a bit.
This is the current layout with my notes:
This ...
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How do I disable the background on the site? It kills my Dell monitor!
I've recently bought a Dell UltraSharp U2713HM and it really cannot handle the pattern of dots in the background of Ask Ubuntu (main). I'm asking it here on AU meta, because it concerns the site ...
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Code formatting from new site design changes simply annoys me
The new background for a code sample makes that this to be difficult to distinguish towards a normal text:
Maybe for some screens it's ok, but not for the majority. Many times I have to change the ...
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Upcoming site design changes
A few weeks ago Canonical reached out to me about making some design changes on Ask Ubuntu to reflect the official Ubuntu site's new design guidelines. The goal is to keep all Ubuntu related sites(...
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Why don't we improve the design of the link to the about page?
I'm a user of Ask Ubuntu for more than 11 months, and just today I noticed the about page.
To be honest, I didn't think that such great content would be in such a little link.
This page is very ...
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Isn't the "Ask question" button on this website a bit inconspicuous? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Please make the “Ask Question” button on AskUbuntu more prominent
It took me 3 minutes to find the damn "Ask question" button on this website and it's all because ...
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Include number of comments in question preview
I suggest the following change to the way questions are displayed on the homepage: In addition to showing the number of upvotes, number of answers, and number of views, we also include the number of ...
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Line breaks in markdown
I have been seeing new users who copy/paste code or information into posts not add extra newlines(or even type without extra newlines) and make posts hard to read, wasting the time of a moderator or ...
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Where can I get the Ask Ubuntu speech bubble logo?
Where can I get that speech bubble from Ask Ubuntu in SVG version?
I need it for my presentation.
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Is the 'edit' link prominent enough?
I keep seeing questioners answering their own questions with an update instead of editing the question. Is this maybe a problem of a not prominent enough edit link? Since this site heavily depends on ...
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Ask Ubuntu Moderator Cards
We recently printed some business cards for our Stack Exchange employees and they turned out great.
It got us thinking: our sites' moderators have been working hard to keep our sites high quality for ...
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Is the review new or the blog new?
Because I see that new icon up there but I'm not sure which item it represents. It's difficult to tell if it is supposed to go to the "review" link or the "blog" link.
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StackExchange software open source?
I like many things about the stack-exchange websites. Especially the editor I'm writing this post in and the tagging system. Is the software by any change available under an open license? I'd use it ...
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Why does AskUbuntu keep telling me about the video tutorials?
It seems like every page has a header saying:
Is this your first time here? Take a look at our Video Tutorials for using the site.
Does that text ever change? I have more than 200 rep, so I'm not ...
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Keyboard tags could use some love
Some of us have been asking for something nicer for the <kbd> tag.
Jin mentioned maybe polishing them up to make questions like this look nicer, just documenting that here.
(Also note, I love ...
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Tone down the grey for formatting code/commands?
This answer is really brutal on the eyes however I think it's key to have filenames and commands with that kind of formatting.
Maybe perhaps toning it down a bit? Similar in shade to the blockquote ...
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Is Ask Ubuntu using the UbuntuBeta font?
To be completely honest, I think the current font family sequence is dictated by the Ubuntu Identity Guidelines. I still think that, right now, it's kind of silly:
font-family: "Ubuntu Beta",
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Lack of revision note and cc-wiki graphic in Ubuntu footer
I noticed today that the Ubuntu site doesn't appear to have the cc-wiki graphic and "revision" note that usually appears in the Stack Exchange footer. I don't want to tag this as a bug, but I was ...
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Giving feedback on the design
Thanks to Mat and Jin the new design is live. Here's how to report bugs. If you find a problem with the design that is CSS related, for example something doesn't line up right or look wrong, then Jin ...
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Design Ideas for the final site
Hi everyone,
At the beginning of the beta I linked up Mat Tomaszewski from the Canonical Design Team to work with Jin Yang from SO on the design for the final site. I am posting the design here on ...