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Are duplicate questions hidden now?
The recent change to post notices does not change which posts are visible. It changes what information about their closure is visible. When you're logged in, you've probably seen text in post notices ...
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Why do some questions show with a yellow background?
Watched Tags
I have wondered about this for years.
A couple of days ago I noticed that these yellowish orange questions seem to coincide with my Watched Tags.
Let us know if this is true for you also.
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Some questions are greyed out on Meta
This is because you are ignoring one (or more) of the questions tags, just hover over the tags to see which one(s).
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No tag for ubuntu on askubuntu.com?
status-declined
If you are posting on Ask Ubuntu, it's implied you're using Ubuntu or an official variant of Ubuntu.
That's why we don't have an ubuntu tag - it's superfluous. Use the version tag ...
Thomas WardMod
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A "My Questions" button next to the "Ask Question" button
It's not just your questions that would be useful to have fast access to. It's also your answers, and your favorites (i.e., questions you have starred), and the list of all actions that you have done ...
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The new UI has two search fields on an iPhone and does not display properly
Update: This has been fixed, and the MSE report has been marked status-completed.
This has been reported on MSE, and SE staff are working on fixing it.
I'll update this once it gets fixed.
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The new cookie consent banner is way larger than needed
I think we might have stumbled upon something here.
From HuHa's comment:
According to EU law, the default setting needs to be essential
cookies, but they overlooked that all such banners provide a ...
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Reject buttons looks too much like an ok button
The second line of text in the yellow box above the review area is supposed to explain what you're doing in this case, though I can understand if a lot of people skim it in preference of the bright ...
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Reject buttons looks too much like an ok button
Yees, I'm totally agree! When there is only one button, usually it is a Confirm (positive action) button. The first time, when I opened the screenshot, I didn't read anything, I just saw Next or Skip ...
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How are answers ranked?
Depends on the sorting you choose,
Votes, oldest or active.
Look top right above the answers
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The new cookie consent banner is way larger than needed
I don't like cookies. My browser is set to discard them after it is closed.
As a web developer, that seems like a slightly absurd overreaction, but each to their own. It obviously means a site can't ...
OliMod
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