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Does the current competition bring out the worst in users?
Firstly, I do think the current competition is brilliant, and actively wanted to participate, however I stopped for 2 specific reasons.
Since the start of the competition, an incredible amount of ...
3
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1answer
114 views
Possible bug in the contest share count
Here’s a screenshot from Adam Eberbach’s profile (not that it matters who it’s from — this is just so you can reproduce the issue):
Note that it says “19/20 shares”, even though level 3 is 100% ...
2
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1answer
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With regard to the iPad contest, what do you mean by “share a post”?
In the explanation of how to participate in the contest, you make several references to "Share a post", but you don't explain what that means. What do you mean by that? Share with whom, and how, and ...
3
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2answers
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Can we get an early Data Explorer update for Ask Different, for playing with contest data?
The Ask Different data on Data Explorer was last updated before the contest opened. Is there a chance it could be updated sooner than next month, so we can worry ourselves sick trying to interpret and ...
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2answers
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Suspicous downvoting?
I was browsing AskDifferent and asking questions when out of nowhere I got 3 downvotes in a very very short span of time.
They were on these questions: Does the 'unibody' design of the MB/MBP ...
1
vote
1answer
41 views
Sharing links, question about which syntax is valid
A link that I share by copying the URL from the link button looks like
http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/45919/3117
but a link I share by clicking the banner-like share to Facebook, twitter etc. ...
5
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1answer
186 views
How, exactly, would winners be determined if more than five users complete Level 3?
In the New iPad Contest, the rules state:
We can give away a maximum of 25 iPod touch devices and a maximum of 6 new iPads (5 for Level 3, and 1 for the raffle). In the event that more than the ...
0
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1answer
64 views
Why was my question closed?
So I woke up this morning and decided to go check on my most popular question with 5 upvotes, located here. I was hoping for an answer, as it's a question I'd really like answered - it's very ...
1
vote
1answer
55 views
Strange layout on the main page with the iPad competition (I think)
On the main page there appears to be some "additional content" and it looks as though it is related to an iPad. However, I can't tell for sure because it looks like this:
At first, I put it down ...
0
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1answer
58 views
What are the dotted lines in between chat messages?
I was chatting earlier and noticed dotted lines in between chat messages:
What do they do?
4
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2answers
229 views
If there are 6 winners in Level 3, will the one ranked 6 win an iPod?
It's not so clear from the contest rules:
We can give away a maximum of 25 iPod touch devices and a maximum of 6 new iPads (5 for Level 3, and 1 for the raffle). In the event that more than the ...
2
votes
1answer
48 views
Is there a way to track share stats?
Sharing 10 links is quite a challenge. I don't want to just spam 10 links to all my networks and hope they click all of them, so I'm trying hard to target just those links that would be very ...
1
vote
2answers
112 views
Why this question was down-voted?
Is there any indication that Apple/iCloud will offer a “photo collection hosting” service, comparable to Picasa Web Albums?
Why this question was down voted two times? I think it is a legitimate ...
4
votes
1answer
126 views
Am I at Level 2 or not?
My progress bar shows that I've hit level 2. I've received a notice on the site. However, the number of shares and questions/answers with 2 up votes has gone down. I can understand the Q&A getting ...
14
votes
0answers
75 views
Can we make the the tags look like the buttons in Lion?
In chat today, Timothy mentioned that the tags in oneboxes look a lot like the buttons in Windows XP:
Compare to Windows XP button:
Can we make the oneboxes and the tags on the main site look ...
17
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6answers
285 views
How do we keep the exciting promotion from reducing the quality of the site?
So the big promotion is getting far more participation than I ever expected was possible. This is a big win, and CHAOS pulled off an amazing thing here. Kudos for all your planning work! Less than a ...
1
vote
3answers
78 views
Proper display of menu paths
For editing and answering, I want to know: what's the best way to notate a menu item's path? (This also goes for things such as preferences.)
I have seen the following:
Menu > Item
Menu-> Item
Menu ...
2
votes
2answers
95 views
Can I view all my close votes somewhere?
I have wanted to go back to questions that I've cast a close vote on and check up on them. However, I lose track of all the questions. How can I view all my close votes?
3
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1answer
60 views
Upvote results in +3 reputation?
Not that it matters, but I was just wondering...
I just got +3 reputation for an upvote. But I always thought an upvote is +10, no?
25
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7answers
549 views
The new iPad is here - ask different and win one!
Edit: The contest has now officially ended. Congrats to everyone who completed the Levels!
Since we had 10 people complete Level 3 (WOW! You guys are awesome), we have to implement the tie breaker. ...
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3answers
136 views
Can we implement Youtube video embedding on Ask Different?
I am trying to embed a Youtube video into my answer, but I can't seem to get it to work. I've seen it embedded on other sites (see this answer). Can the ability to embed Youtube videos be added to Ask ...
3
votes
1answer
57 views
Tag bug involving auto-chopping of excess words in wiki excerpts
The Tags page, when showing excerpts, automatically removes some key words from the beginning of excerpts (e.g. "Terminal is" from terminal). This mostly works fine, except for two things:
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2
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1answer
33 views
What's the best kind of edit summary?
I've seen "added 23 characters in body," "edited body," and "fixed capitalization in title." Which of these types of summaries (or another entirely) should we use?
6
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5answers
137 views
Tag usage for iPads now that there are three generations
I wanted to have some discussion on the tags for iPads.
We currently have a need to tag questions about the hardware being released on March 16, 2012 - and Apple is calling them the new iPad.
...
7
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1answer
141 views
Using the @StackApple Twitter account
Just wanted to let everyone know we are going to turn back on autotweeting of @AskDifferent for the time being. We experimented with tweeting manually, and now we want to see what will happen in terms ...
4
votes
1answer
77 views
Call for contributors: Ask Different Screencasts!
In the beginning, the Ask Different blog was only used to distribute podcast episodes.
Then we expanded to text articles.
Now we're expanding to videos.
As of today, the Ask Different blog has a ...
6
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5answers
112 views
What is wrong with this hardware question for Ask Different and is there a better way to ask it?
Here is the question What input devices do you find to be an indespensable part of using your Mac?
The question is not intended to be about shopping recommendations? After seeing other questions such ...
17
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2answers
368 views
SENotifier, a Stack Exchange inbox notifier for Mac OS X
I've put together a status bar notifier for Stack Exchange sites (inspired by Google Notifier) and I thought I'd ask here to get some feedback on a couple of things.
I've developed this on Lion and ...
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7answers
114 views
I think system specifications should show as signature?
When ever i asked question in this forum. i got some common comments like what is your system's specifications.
So i want to propose this feature request that while registering, user should provide ...
2
votes
1answer
189 views
NYC area users - join us to celebrate Steve Jobs' Birthday!
Come join Ask Different and Dr. Brendan for a party to honor Steve Jobs on his birthday. The party will start around 3 pm EST, and will take place outside the flagship Apple Store in NYC (59th Street ...
1
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0answers
24 views
Can we make the registered vote arrow more obvious on meta-se? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Could the voted/unvoted button artwork be further differentiated on meta.apple?
I must be getting old. I have a hard time telling when I've voted on meta questions. The ...
1
vote
1answer
32 views
Why were a whole bunch of users just awarded the Vox Populi badge on meta? [closed]
I've only cast three votes on meta this week, and yet I was just awarded the Vox Populi badge. I see there was a spate of awarding this particular badge, but I haven't noticed a spate of meta voting.
2
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2answers
31 views
Can I post my AskDifferent question to another StackExchange site, such as ServerFault or SuperUser?
While my question is Apple related, it is also a question that many users that frequent ServerFault and SuperUser may know the answer to since it is about server administration. Is is ok to post the ...
3
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1answer
82 views
Assembling a Twitter list of Ask Different users
I'm going to assemble a twitter list of Ask Different users from @StackApple, and just wanted to give everyone the opportunity to let me know if they don't want to be included. The purpose of the list ...
8
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1answer
130 views
Share your posts and spread community knowledge. We'll spread gifts!
This week the Apple universe is filled with hints about an impending iPad 3 announcement, speculation around what incredible product developments are next, and serene celebrations of Steve Jobs’ ...
1
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1answer
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The @mention highlight color in chat is the same as default OS X highlight color
When I'm mentioned in chat, my name in the person's message is highlighted blue. 99CCFF, to be precise. The problem is, that's exactly the same color as the default OS X highlight color, and I always ...
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1answer
25 views
Reputation in meta
On the main site, I can click my reputation at the top of the screen, next to my name, and it will take me to the appropriate page of my profile. On meta, however, it does not.
0
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0answers
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How difficult would it be to make an RSS feed of notifications? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Suggestion - Possibly Sitewide - Inbox Feed?
I'm picturing an RSS feed for each user which would contain notifications from the Inbox. This way, I could get an instant ...
4
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0answers
58 views
Mass modify product names for consistent formatting (for example, change XCode to Xcode)
In my opinion, Ask Different would be great if Apple product names only appeared as:
Xcode
iPhone
iPod touch
iPad
OS X
Mac OS X
and I never saw:
XCode, xCode, xcode, XCODE
IPhone
IPod Touch, ...
15
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7answers
387 views
Despite the general rule to not answer questions about beta products, should we allow Messages on OS X and Siri on iPhone 4S questions?
The general rule is that all questions on beta software and services are off-topic, out of scope, and should be closed on Ask Different according to our FAQ. However, we now have two shipping products ...
15
votes
4answers
666 views
Can we open questions about Mountain Lion before it is released to the general public?
Some questions about this software have been closed as it is not released,
However the OS has been released to developers. This means there is a chance we can have questions answered by anyone with ...
1
vote
1answer
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Can questions that have been merged be marked with “Merged”, “Closed”, or similar?
I just came across this question while reviewing questions with the mail.app tag:
http://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/5987/mail-app-import-from-entourage-failed (edit: this link now points to ...
2
votes
1answer
47 views
Why can't I suggest edits here on Meta?
I've been trying to edit a post here on Meta Ask Different, but the link is just not there.
How can I edit a post then? Why can't I do it? It works fine on the main site.
2
votes
1answer
43 views
Do I no longer get reputation points for edits after going over 2000 reputation?
I've noticed that since going over 2000 reputation, I no longer get the 2 reputation points I used to get for doing edits on posts. Is this normal? And if so, why?
0
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0answers
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Email notifications send already-read messages
I'm getting email updates. Theoretically, it sends me an email every three hours that I have an unad message in my inbox. However, it seems to also be sending me messages that I've already read. This ...
0
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2answers
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Inconvenient comment signature line break
Due to the length of my name, it's often wrapped in comments. This is entirely understandable. However, it often gets wrapped like this:
...[end of comment] -
Timothy Mueller-Harder
which looks ...
0
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1answer
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Reputation breakdown fails to show when (e.g.) +50 and -50 =0
On this page where your reputation is graphed which is the page you hit just clicking your score in the header, if you lose some reputation (say a 100 bounty) and then gain the same amount of ...
3
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1answer
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What is rollback?
I was reading through the badge descriptions and was wondering what the Cleanup badge was for. It says "First rollback", but what does rollback mean here?
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1answer
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How do we add tag pictures? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
can we have Tag Icons
On Stack Overflow, there are pictures next to the tag, such as the Android tag:
Or the Facebook tag:
How can we add pictures like these to Ask ...
4
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0answers
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Misleading hover text in Favourite Button
Hover over the favourite button, and you see the following text (Spelling mistakes amended ;) )
"This is a favourite question (click again to undo)"
This implies that you have made the question a ...
