Questions tagged [design]
for meta questions and discussion topics concerning the site design.
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Still missing illustrations from Duane Bibby
There was a post by Jin asking what we should do for the captcha/404/etc. images.
This was followed up by a post to main, in which we seem to mostly agreed that it would be really cool if we could ...
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Can we have proper italics rather than slanted text?
I visited the http://english.stackexchange.com recently and I couldn't but feel jealous at the nice italic font used over there. At this site, which is much closer to typography we have a slanted ...
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Missing tie in signatures of comments
There is something a bit wrong with the comment formatting; it seems to be like this now:
\interpretCommentMarkdown{#1} - \userLink{#2}
But it should be more like this:
\interpretCommentMarkdown{#1}...
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Accepted answer checkmark color
I just asked this question at meta.programmers.stackexchange.com when I realized I have the same problem over here as well.
When I ask a question (and every answer has a check mark next to it for me ...
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Should the avatar of the person that edited a question be displayed?
This question is inspired by a mistake that I did here How to know the number of pages in a PDF file? (see the comments)
I generally find that the editor's avatar and name tend to distract. Should ...
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How about a "Featured TeX" post?
I like the design of "photography etc." and I love the idea of a weekly image. I was wondering if it would work here, and if people would like to have such an option.
I suggest the following: We ...
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Is the list of tags supposed to be slanted?
I just opened up my user page on TeX.SE, and lo-and-behold, my list of tags appears in an interesting layout. Is that supposed to happen? (Can anyone reproduce?)
OS: Scientific Linux
Browser: ...
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Do we like the share buttons? Do people use them?
I'm not a facebook or twitter user, and this question might be a reflection of that, but I wonder if people like the little share links near every question.
I guess this question will have several ...
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Font sizes of inline code and code blocks don't match.
I noticed the following difference in font sizes, using Firefox 3.6.12 on Windows Vista:
Is this a design decision or a bug?
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voting arrows on comments have "hand-drawn" look
I'm very happy with the design of the site. Which is why this tiny little thing is bugging me a bit.
The up-vote triangle for comments have a hand-drawn look, slightly reminiscent of the beta design....
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Formatting of linked inline code
When referring to a LaTeX package I like to codeify the name, i.e., I write amsmath to make a distinction with normal text. Now when you want to link to the CTAN page of this package, you write
[`...
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Nothing indicates that the meta site is meta....
While I could eventually figure out that I was in Meta and not Parent, I found myself wondering for a few seconds....I think that the design should specifically include the word meta.
I hereby ...
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Flair for TeX only still uses old icon
The newly designed icon {} did not make it to the flair picture. Or maybe I need to update it somehow, and do not know how?
Hmmm. Here's mine:
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404/CAPTCHA/Error images
I knew I forgot something right before the new design launch today. I didn't get a chance to create custom images for the 404/Captcha/error pages on the TeX site.
Do you have any suggestions?
A ...
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Where can I find a font/vectorial version of the ornament used in TeX.SE?
Yes, the one right in the split bar, below the 'E' in 'TeX'...
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Font sizes on question preview and the question page don't match.
When composing a message, the font is like this
But on the posted question it is like this:
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Inconsistent spacing in quotes
I've found something that looks like a small glitch in the new design. First, I didn't know that for quotations one could use either the markdown > or the html <blockquote>. But anyway, this ...
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New Design Launched
Hi all,
Thank you for your helpful design input. As you can see, the new design went live, grats!
If you see any CSS/Styling issues, please start a new question for the bug report, and tag it with "...
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Site Design Ideas (updated with mockup)
Hi all. I'm Jin, and I'll be working on the designs for the Stack Exchange sites as they graduate from the beta phase. Each site will have its own unique theme that will reflect its topic. However, ...
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New user greeting.
With all the talk about branding I wondered what the new user greeting on our site is. So I logged out and was greeted by:
Welcome to Q&A for expert users of TeX, LaTeX and other related ...
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Automatic capitalisation and typesetting correction for TeX, LaTeX and FrieNds.
It would be great for latex, tex and context and similar words be automatically converted to LaTeX, TeX and ConTeXt preferably even with proper baselines.
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What should the site design look/feel/smell like?
It's the obvious question: TeX/LaTeX isn't all about design and typography, but -- shall we say -- the conversation does tend that way quite often.
Good design is first off about being functional (...
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