Questions tagged [design]
Questions about the visual design of Unix & Linux.
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Zero ("0") is looking like a lower case letter "o" in titles: o0O0o
The number 0 is looking like the letter o. Someone already drew attention to this almost 10 years ago, but nothing has changed. I recommend to change the font. Question title font renders 0 (number ...
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U&L favicon on dark background is barely readable
On Firefox with Dark theme enabled (it is available in the browser out of the box), this site's favicon is mostly unreadable: The letters could have less transparency and more white in them so that it ...
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Background image has been replaced with boxes
At some time today, the background image on U&L has changed to a strange looking grid of gray boxes. https://cdn.sstatic.net/Sites/unixmeta/img/site-background-image.svg?v=adf85a88e194 This grid ...
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"Super-Meta" Call for requests for U&L site customizations
No, this isn't about an Emacs key combination! I happened to catch Responsive Design Themes - What can sites customize and how can they get changes implemented? on Meta Stack Exchange where there was ...
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The "Unix & Linux" logo is using faked small caps, which looks bad
The site logo is using the wrong glyphs for its smallcaps portions. This looks bad. In The Elements of Typographical Style, Robert Bringhurst writes: Genuine small caps are not simply shrunken ...
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Difference between "foo" and “foo”, 'foo' and ‘foo’ — and -- as well
Look at this title: The meaning of a long dash? Ah, no, it's --, correctly spelled in the title, but mangled in the title, which means that it's mangled in search engine results too. Or look at this ...
16 votes
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What should our site's header graphic be?
Based on Joe Friend's feedback on the site's recent theme change, there's a possibility of replacing the current site header image: What should we replace it with, if anything? The image is currently ...
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Could the link colours within post text be made to stand out more from regular text?
I find the link colours in posts (questions and answers) quite similar to the colour of regular text -- to the point that I'm not sure if I can tell if there is a link in the text at all. Could the ...
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Unix & Linux new site theme is live
We rolled out the new site theme for Unix & Linux. It is now live. What new theme? If you're like, "What the heck are you talking about?", then you should read the Meta Stack Exchange post ...
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New site theme coming soon
As mentioned on meta.stackexchange.com several months ago, all network sites will be getting updated themes. Unix & Linux is one of the first sites that will be updated. As such, I'm posting the ...
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Desktop vs Mobile layout for `code`
Looking at Linux Output Into Table. On a desktop display it's quite clear that there are two code tables. The first has one column and the second has two. Using my mobile device (Firefox and Chrome) ...
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Why is unix.stackexchange.com not optimized for mobile devices?
I cannot really use this site on my Nexus 6P, but it would be great to quickly look up things away from a desktop device (e.g. in a very small server room or on the subway).
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On the Unix SE, "related" tab 1px wiggling on hover [duplicate]
The cause of the problem is the rule .question-hyperlink:hover,.answer-hyperlink:hover { border-bottom: 1px dotted #666; text-decoration: none } The result is wiggling if the mouse goes over ...
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Hyperlink color on Unix & Linux is too subtle on Chrome
When I visit Unix & Linux, I can barely tell when someone has included a hyperlink. Just today I could tell from context that a user had included a link in the answer, but until hovering over it ...
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"/ask question" in the site header should be changed to "/ ask question"
All the links in the navigation bar have a space in-between the / and the text except for "ask question." This happens both on main and on meta, and should probably be fixed at some point.
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