Questions tagged [feature-request]
Indicates that you have an idea for a new feature, or for a change to the existing functionality.
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Are there any plans for delivering a dark mode version for this stack?
Since this is mostly visited by programmers, I think it would be a great improvement to follow StackOverflow and add that functionality here.
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Make [delegates] a synonym of [delegation]
They appear to both refer to the Delegation pattern which is a design pattern that consists of helper objects that hold methods called on by main objects for example.
Therefore I am suggesting ...
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This question about why many programming languages do not support named arguments is not opinon based and should be reopened
I found the question Why do many languages not support named parameters?
I saw that it has been closed as opinion-based. However, I would argue that this question is not really opinion based.
Is ...
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The share button on posts should be updated to reflect the existence of the shorter domain names
On July 21, the swe subdomain was added for Software Engineering, making swe.stackexchange.com a redirect to softwareengineering.stackexchange.com. Now that there is a shorter URL, this should be the ...
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Vote to accept a question if it is worthy rather than to close when it is unworthy
It is my impression that most new questions on SESE are closed quickly, often rightfully so. This is problematic for a number of reasons. We have been urged to be friendly and welcoming. Having your ...
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Can we get a tag-warning for [licensing] and [open-source] tags?
Yesterday, I learned about a feature of the SE sites which was new to me: tag-warnings. It appears to me those would be a perfect match for licensing and open-source, since both tags often indicate ...
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How make a question about feedback for an university exercises?
I would like ask for feedback in exercises which has a little extensive statement. More specifically there are use cases exercises which have a business description that can be 1 or two Word pages but ...
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Enable automatic syntax highlighting for [haskell]
I just approved this suggested edit adding syntax highlighting to Haskell code in an answer. That would not be necessary if the haskell tag had automatic syntax highlighting; ♦ moderators can change ...
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Should there be a redirect from se.stackexchange.com?
When trying to navigate to Software Engineering Stack Exchange, I frequently find myself typing https://se.stackexchange.com into my browser instead of https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com.
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Now that 3 close votes has been proven and implemented on Stack Overflow, can we have the same on Software Engineering, please?
I won't belabor the research by repeating it here. It's been described in exhaustive detail at this post.
The executive summary:
Closing, editing and reopening all become more effective.
Can we do ...
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How do I rename a tag I created?
I would like to rename multi-file-applications to multi-file-programming. It sounds better and is not necessarily specific to applications. multi-file-applications also sounds a bit weird. How can I ...
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Reopen request for my question
I am requesting to have this question reopened. Because of a flag declined comment, I have been told to ask reopen requests on meta. This image serves as proof, even though this question is a ...
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Why there's not quick acess to our favorite questions?
I wonder why there's no quick access to our favourite questions neither on the web app nor the mobile app, especially on the mobile app where I think it's not even possible (at least on Android). On ...
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First off-topic close reason text should be updated for new Stack Overflow phrasing
Recently, Stack Overflow changed the "mcve" (Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable Example) phrase to "mre" (Minimal Reproducible Example). While the old links still work, the new canonical link is to ...
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Should we request a question wizard for questions on Software Engineering?
Stack Overflow now has a question wizard called "guided mode" to help newer users asking questions. I clicked through it and it does an excellent job of putting caution tape around the typical ...
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