I have a general question, which, I think, is well demonstrated in this Q&A (and the comments beneath my answer).
So, the TS has a question about good tool for beginners. Obviously, that's the main feature request. In addition, he asks specific questions regarding other features (secondary requi...
I posted a request on Meta SO, that questions "closed as a software recommendation" have the closure complaint modified to suggest that SR be used as an alternative.
I'm posting the link here, so that SR-meta people might respond here or at Meta SO as they see fit: Changed response to "Recommen...
Oh yeah. With greetings from the people who brought you edlin...
Honestly: If the only spec is the OS on the machine, how shall I know any orientation? So I assume mine, and fit the recommendations based on that. And that would be to first get a real OS on the machine #D
once you get over the start screen (which, if you spend some time putting all your stuff on it is actually pretty useful) it's basically windows 7, but faster, more secure, less cpu/gpu intensive, etc
@kalina Yupp, I remember those. Several years ago, had something like that. Then decided "size is not all that matters", installed those long-pending kernel updates, and rebooted #D
SO has long had a policy of closing questions asking for recommendations as "off topic", with the following kind of closure annotation:
Questions asking us to recommend or find a tool, library or favorite off-site resource are off-topic for Stack Overflow as they tend to attract opinionated a...
@olli about my edit, old hardware will change with time and each person interprets old hardware differently (some thinks that old is 2 years, some 6 years, some 6 months)
@kalina OK, roll back if you like, no prob with me. You mentioned that as a preference, not a "strict requirement", right. While rolling back, please check my comment there: I might have something nice if "full feature coverage" might be limited to DE/ES/FR/IL/UK :)
Btw: Answered and removed my comment (as you've included that information with your question meanwhile)
@kalina Argh! Gamers. Always those paintballs... #D
And I look for flags...
@Caleb LOL! Changing out your entire navigation software stack to get a speedometer readout is like changing out you car because the rear view mirror fell off.
I'd recommended a HUD, but that was not requested #D
@Izzy No but a Navigation solution that does everything Google Nav does plus a speedometer was. I am not recommending a HUD, I am recommending an OVERLAY. The solution is keep Google Nav but get your extra feature too.
I'm quite disappointed since this is just going to end up in whoever does end up getting the role complaining about the number of edits/flags/everything else I raise
@Seth I'm impressed by how simple/clean they made that, at least from the site. But the github ecosystem is not an option here, the push has the be over ssh to a dedicated server, if it won't do that it's deal breaker.
I just tried something similar on Android Enthusiasts, even a little stronger, and directly indicated that question would need improvement before posted there. Guess what the next comment from the OP was?
Admitted, on ASE terms it was clear what was asked about (OT, right :) But migrated as-is, noone would even know it's about Android in the first place...
No, that's still a beta site (so no migration). Did you follow the second link of my previous comment? If you'd post a 1:1 copy of this question, it will be closed as well. So even if we could migrate it over, we would not. — Izzy17 mins ago
I expect this should happen, but not just yet, wait at least a few weeks. The site entered public beta yesterday and doesn't even have moderators yet.
We need the site to grow gradually. To accommodate an increasing number of questions, we also need an increasing number of answerers and of janit...
@Gilles Yepp. Hence my above comment. And I only mention SR when the question is at least, well, somehow near of what we'd expect. On crap, I rather stay silent :)
@danijelc I want caning responses for the really bad ones
@Izzy the problem on crap is when someone has already mentioned SR (in which case I've proposed a different canned comment template: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/221970/…
@danijelc not to a meta page, but there could be a click-through screen, like there is on SO. However the experience on SO shows that people click and post crap anyway.
@Gilles Read and upvoted. What a pity I can only do so once! Would read it a second time if then I could upvote it again #D
Just a thought: Can we have a popup on "the first question asked" by a user? With a "I have read this and agree" button available only after a delay of... um, don't want to be too harsh... say, 20 seconds?
I'm looking for Windows, or MAC, based software that I can use to test if my ISP(Comcast) is throttling traffic to some domains but not others. I've tried tracert but are they better solutions with a GUI and report generation capabilities?
This is the question edition of What is required for an answer to be high quality?
One of the key problems that I see Software Recommendations having, is people asking extremely vague and simple questions that ultimately boil down to one of the two close reasons we see on the rest of the network...
This was originally posted by me on Area51 Discuss and has proved to be a valuable guide when it comes to asking and answering the kinds of questions a site like this needs to thrive. Please, use this as a base line, but refine it, tighten it up and use it for the basis of your help center ent...