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Post by xtracto » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 9:20 PM UTC

pioul wrote: post #42

That's a great idea, and I really like how it looks (and how usable it actually is for a first release). The only flaw I see is that the most popular questions on SO are those with the most views and upvotes, thus those everyone can understand and appreciate the value of. This is fine, but it also means that they're the ones most people already know the answer to. That means I might not use your tool to learn more on…

Post by LukeShu » Mon, Jan 28, 2013, 10:29 PM UTC

gknoy wrote: post #76

d23 wrote: post #73

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just wanted to add that 1) this is freaking awesome, and 2) some of the formatting gets messed up and makes the answer difficult to read. For instance... well, actually I don't know how to link directly to one of the answers. Scroll down to "Difference between __str__ and __repr__ in Python" on this page[1]. I was having difficulty understanding the sentences, then I realized they were actually bullet points put toge…

> http://www.stack-ed.com/#tag/python/user/14343/Ned Batchelder Also, URLs with spaces in them appear to be harder to share, in that they are not always automatically hyperlinked correctly. Would you consider using dashes (or underscores) in place of the dash in the stack-ed URLs?

Post by nirvanatikku » Tue, Jan 29, 2013, 4:54 AM UTC

AgentConundrum wrote: post #43

Cool site. I can definitely see myself browsing through it to learn some new stuff. If you're interested, I made a few notes to try to help you improve the site: * The point count on each Q&A section gives the points for the question , not the answer. The answer score doesn't seem to be given at all. * Selecting a user/question which is low on the page doesn't change the scroll position. You need to manually move the…