Explaining Stack Overflow: Experimenting with About Pages
TL;DR We’re launching a series of tests designed to help us better educate new community members about Q&A and all the new products we’re launching.Many of you already know about all the new...
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Weird ratio of favorite questions in "interesting"
I want to say sorry for possible wrong use of SO terms, and this could be the reason why I can't find this question on meta - I'm not sure how to properly call the things I want to ask about.For the...
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Can the Needs Answer tab sort by Favorite and Ignored tags like the Home Page?
The Home Page does a good job of bringing up questions that I can answer. However, I suspect that questions get missed and go unanswered, not re-appearing until the next Edit.I tried using the Needs...
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Give greater dominance/placement to searching rather than asking for new/low...
TL;DR: We are more than just another Yahoo Answers or forum, but we are presenting ourselves in exactly the same way; just another Q&A site. Although technically correct, due to our rules and...
View ArticleCan we have a 'back to top' button or link on the bottom of the homepage?
When scrolling the questions that are 'interesting' or other tabs on the home page.If you reach the bottom there is only a 'want more? see complete listing' link. The suggestion is to put an extra...
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Home tab pagination bug
The first time I noticed this bug was around March 2016, but it didn't really bother me enough for me to add an entry here, and I assumed someone else had probably reported it and it would get fixed in...
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Top bar Home icon redirects me to http site
The main site link to home in the top bar is still set to http://stackoverflow.com, even though I manually load the https version.Are also affected all links to SO posts in Inbox, Achievements, and SO...
View ArticleHomepage 500 Error [duplicate]
I'm sure the staff already know, but I'm getting the Oops! Something Bad Happened! (Working on ur problemz) page when attempting to visit the homepage of SO.Refreshed, cleared cookies, etc. Still...
View ArticleHow can I configure my Stack Overflow homepage to show recent questions that...
I have several favorite tags and I have a fairly narrow domain of interest and expertise. When I come to the Stack Overflow main home page, I would like the list of questions that I see there to be...
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"Google" login button on home page goes to Developer Story
When I visit the Stack Overflow homepage, and I'm not logged in, there is a big button for logging in with Google. When I click it, I'd expect to be left on the current page I'm on...
View Articlehttps://stackoverflow.com redirects to...
I just updated to Chrome v. 53.0.2785.116 mNavigating to https://stackoverflow.com/ it redirects to https://stackoverflow.com/ui/ti/welcomePage displaying the "404 Not found" page, what's going on? Is...
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Why is the option of signing up easier to find on the homepage than logging in?
Why is it that the sign-up button is easier to identify on the home page than login? Is it due to the fact that there are more non-registered users using the site than registered ones?
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Home tabs display "expand" text when highlighted instead of drop down arrow...
It's a minor thing, but I accidentally highlighted some content on the home page and noticed that some text showed up in the menu tabs on the home page, saying: expand instead of displaying an arrow....
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"Congratulations Jon Skeet, and thanks a million! »" banner refuses to die
Every time I visit a Stack Overflow page I am presented with a "Congratulations Jon Skeet, and thanks a million! »" banner:And with all scripts disabled:I've seen it before so I click the X button on...
View ArticleStack Overflow homepage not loading new questions
The Stack Overflow homepage used to load more questions without reloading the page. Now, I have to reload the page to see new questions. This happened after the change they made to the design of the...
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Why has the SO homepage been replaced with a marketing page? [duplicate]
When I attempted to use SO from the homepage this morning I was confronted with this rambling marketing page rather than the usual questions page.In fact, it wasn't at all clear how to actually get to...
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Has the homepage always looked like this for non logged in users? [duplicate]
Has the homepage always looked like this:Has the point of SO always been about developers this, developers that, productivity growth discovery blah blah, or might it have been about Q&A? Maybe make...
View ArticleThe Stack Overflow site for anonymous users is confusing [duplicate]
There have been rather substantial changes to the SO homepage visible for anonymous users that are not logged in or don't have an SO account. The biggest change is certainly replacing the Q&A...
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Clicking on Stack Overflow Logo must redirect to questions page (when...
It kinda feels different that clicking on the "Stack Overflow Logo" redirects to the same intro page again and again. Can this please be modified to redirect to the questions page once the home page is...
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Homepage got manipulated
I just opened SO and wondered that homepage was totally messed up. Here is a look at it:Its not happening now. I would like to know that why it happened and is not happening now? Chrome 76 / Windows 10...
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