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Often, I find it difficult to quickly identify the language I'm looking at. Sometimes it is not obvious, and I need to scroll down or look in the tags. I feel like it should be specified right at the top.

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    Did you ask about this on Meta Stack Overflow? Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:48
  • @RandomPerson - There was a post that feature requests for stackoverflow should be submitted in Meta. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:53
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    @RandomPerson - Thank you. I did not realize there was a meta.stackoverflow.com. Sorry, I posted this in the wrong community. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:57
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    The question which you linked in the first comment is very old and things have changed since then: meta.stackexchange.com/q/228888 Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 1:00
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    If you look at the ToS, it says that you grant SE an irrevocable right to display anything you post. If the "delete" button doesn't work, you can't delete it. Best you can do is contact SE to have your name removed from it. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 6:12
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    I answered this because, even though it mentions Stack Overflow, it actually applies to all the programming sites on the network (e.g. Software Engineering, Code Golf). I do also understand the closure. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 15:19
  • Thanks everyone. I mostly don't use StackOverflow anymore(since this post) so no need for it anymore - at least from me. Commented May 17, 2024 at 18:53

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The language tag is at the very beginning of the page <title>.

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    For longer tags and sufficiently many tabs open in the browser (and possibly other factors), it is cut off. For instance, this JavaScript one only shows "jav" (in a particular tab/browser/system configuration). A third way is hovering the mouse cursor (or the equivalent) over the tab. This will display the full text. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 11:31
  • It does not show twice for me in Chrome or Edge. It just shows once in the tab at the top. Also, I can have many tabs open and its way at the top so it's hard to see. Commented May 17, 2024 at 18:53
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What if there was a little icon in the top right. The icon would help the user quickly identify (with even just peripheral vision) what the concerning language is.

Example 1, I am using the common Java image. enter image description here

Example 2, I am using the C# logo from wikipedia.org. enter image description here

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    We actually have something similar coming as a result of the Collectives feature: see, for example, PHP questions. (Though it's on the top right, not the top-left as in your example.) I, personally, find this a tad annoying, but it's good to see that some people would find it useful – almost as though Stack Overflow's design people know what they're doing! Commented Oct 8, 2023 at 23:38
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    This seems like something that you could write a userscript for if you wanted. Fetch the list of tags, have some list of tags to language logos mapping, and then add the logo as an element before the title. Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:04
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    If you do, make sure to publish it on Stack Apps! (The one SE site without a magic comment link…) Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:06
  • @cocomac - Great idea... Users could choose if they liked it or not. Maybe can be added to an existing tool like github.com/riccardoFasan/stack-overflow-tweaks-tool Commented Oct 9, 2023 at 0:24

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