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30 questions linked to/from Let's make it easier to reply within comments!
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Change all @username references in comments when a user changes their name?
The fact that a user can change their name at will can lead to some confusion in the comments. For instance, suppose a user named "foo" changes his name to "bar", all those comments signed by "foo" ...
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Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them)
I'd like the recent activity and responses pages to show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don't own them). If I leave a comment somewhere, I am implicitly engaging in ...
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How about markup for usernames?
Instead of just simply pasting a link to a user profile or tediously writing [name](link) why don't we have markup that will dynamically insert the current name of the user and a link to their profile?...
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Deleting comments which are replied to should not be so easy
There are quite a lot of apparent monologues in comments which where actually replies to other comments leaving an incomplete conversation. If the original commenter wants to delete his comment, those ...
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Notify on deletion of replied-to comment
There are quite a lot of apparent monologues in comments which where actually replies to other comments leaving an incomplete conversation. If the original commenter wants to delete his comment, those ...
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Reply to comment feature request
Maybe I'm creating a dupe here, but here goes...
Similar questions:
Make recent activity and responses show new comments on questions/answers I have commented on (even if I don’t own them)
and
Let’s ...
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Reply button as standard feature for comments? (see from a new user's standpoint)
I do see that there are many questions about having a reply button but they all refer to this question for the answer:
"Reply" links on comments
This link allows users to install a script ...
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Add ability to reply to specific comment
Sometimes someone may post more than one comment on a post. If I am referring to one of their older comments it is hard to tell which one I am responding to, without going into details in the comment (...
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Unable to reply to comments directly [duplicate]
We can't reply to a comment directly, There must be a reply option under each comments, So that if you want to reply to a comment, you click on that option, rather than commenting again!.
(for example:...
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Autolink @username to the user identity/profile [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
@<name> comments should link to the named person’s profile (like twitter)
Rampant throughout the system is the adopted usage @SoAndSo to target a user. However ...
CommunityBot
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Reply to comment button [duplicate]
I would propose to add a small reply button when you want to reply on a comment, just like in chat:
Sometimes it is hard to get the exact name of the person right, since he/she uses foreign ...
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When I hover over a comment, please change the background color of its parent post and all replies
Problem:
When a post has dozens of comments (like this post does), it can be hard to tell which comment is a reply to which.
My proposed solution:
When I hover my mouse over a comment, please ...
CommunityBot
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Can my less than 3 character username be grandfathered in when I edit my profile?
When trying to edit my SO profile, it will not let me save any changes to my profile, since my username (yc) is below the 3 character limit:
Now, when I created my username, it was of legal length. ...
CommunityBot
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Tab name completion for comments please!
I find I'm doing the Unix command completion/IRC name completion thing where I type a few letters of the username and hit tab when I'm entering comments.
Please consider adding a bit of JavaScript ...
CommunityBot
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How to handle an answer as a comment? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to handle questions which are answered in the comments?
Someone answered a question of mine in a comment. How do I handle the situation? I don't want to leave the question ...
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