Questions tagged [design]
Feedback relating to the appearance of the site.
86 questions
-1 votes
3 answers
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Is it time to retire/modernize the current logo
We have had our current logo for more than 10 years. In that time period it is common for major brands to update their logo multiple times. Our current logo represents only a very small part of ...
2 votes
0 answers
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Text color of topics on Physics.SE frontpage
On Physics' starting page, the color used for the topic texts is quite pale blue, #0587AC to a color picker. Most pixels are even brighter than that because they are anti-aliased against the white ...
9 votes
2 answers
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How acceptable is prosemirror-math as an editor style for this site?
This is a follow-up to one of the possible answers raised in the thread The proposed changes to the text editor would break this site. Prosemirror-math is a math editing framework that allows for ...
3 votes
1 answer
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Why do we have a profile page and an ability to chat if SE is not a social network?
I was reading these exchanges about the (lack of) ability to follow other posters: Automating the ability to "follow" posters I can follow posters, presumably like many others do, simply by ...
41 votes
1 answer
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The proposed changes to the text editor would break this site
You have probably seen already a link, on the Featured on Meta sidebar, to an announcement of an upcoming upgrade to the text editor on Stack Exchange, Opt-in alpha test for a new Stacks editor. As a ...
20 votes
2 answers
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Feature Request: Dark Mode
Would it be possible to implement a "Dark Mode" on the Physics Stack Exchange as is being trialed on the Stack Overflow? I personally would prefer that viewing mode. Use the upvote on this comment to ...
3 votes
2 answers
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What, really, is a good question?
So it seems like the general consensus of a "good" question is one that includes adequate research/reasoning to provide context for/justify the question being asked, and if applicable cites sources ...
3 votes
2 answers
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Help needed. format turned colored and with bubbles when I hit a question
A nonsense format comes up when I hit on the list of Physics a question to look at it. Colors and bubbles and distracting fuss. Help please. It happened after I rejected and edit by xray0, but it ...
2 votes
0 answers
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What does the logo of Physics StackExchange depict? [duplicate]
I am just interested. I guess there is a relation to magnetic fiels or quantum physics but I have no clear idea of it.
2 votes
0 answers
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Profile/Activity layout issue [closed]
There seems to be an issue with the layout on the Activity tab in User Profile. The text and button at the bottom of the badge are obscured by the next row of tabs since the box is larger than normal ...
-6 votes
12 answers
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Physics' updated site theme is live for everyone
Update - the theme and layout is now live for everyone. Thanks for your feedback in this process. If there's additional feedback, please feel free to add to the answers below. As part of implementing ...
3 votes
1 answer
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What is the meaning of this site's logo? [duplicate]
I am very interested in understanding the meaning of the logo of this website, which looks like a cone with its brim turned halfway outward back onto itself as if trying to turn it inside out. Is ...
34 votes
4 answers
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Ch-ch-ch-changing the site logo to cut out the weird arrow thing
Apparently, Ch-ch-ch-changes are coming to the site navigation and theming. Given that that's the case (and that therefore there are designer work-hours already scheduled to attend to our site design)...
1 vote
1 answer
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Header background not tall enough with the new top bar
With the top bar redesign (currently mod-only, broader rollout planned for the next couple of weeks) in Chrome the header seems not to be tall enough to contain its content anymore. In this image, you ...
71 votes
0 answers
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Should we get a vector logo?
Right now, we use a raster logo instead of a vector logo. For those who don't know, a raster is an image made of pixels. If you zoom enough, you'll see the image become pixelated (as is the case with ...