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Why did Stack Overflow use onclick JavaScript on the homepage?

This is a technical question about the way SO implements a feature. Why does SO use JS to direct the user to the question page if they click on the votes/number/views on the question list on the ...
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Script running slow

I have been getting the following error a few times today - any body else getting it? Anybody know how to get rid of it? A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You ...
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Why is superuser.com telling me that it works better with JavaScript enabled?

I am very sure this is a website question now. I'm on Google Chrome, and JavaScript is most definitely enabled. There are no exceptions in the settings. I'm running on Ubuntu Linux, with the GNOME ...
5 votes
0 answers
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What is the purpose of the "this page" link in the teststackoverflow

When reading this post, I came to know about teststackoverflow. In this page, there is a link named as this page, when clicking on that it didn't respond any. Inspect on the element the code was ...
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2 answers
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Stack Overflow Javascript issues? [closed]

For some reason I can't seem to post comments right now, and code styling isn't working. http://sstatic.net/so/js/master.js?v=4360 is giving a 206 partial content, and trying to open it directly in ...
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3 answers
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Buttons and preview are broken in Firefox 3.5 on SO only [closed]

When submitting an edit, an answer, or a question, buttons and preview won't show in FireFox 3.5 on Stack Overflow. On Meta, Super User, and Server Fault everything's fine, as it is on SO using IE8 ...
9 votes
2 answers
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Canonical "Ajax is asynchronous" answer? [closed]

I see a lot of questions (e.g. here or here, just in the past couple of hours) where the poster is making an Ajax call within a function (and doing something with the results in a callback) and doesn'...
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1 answer
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What syntax highlighting library is used on Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicates: Is Stack Overflow's code color-coding script available? What syntax highlighter does Stack Overflow use? How does Stack Overflow syntax highlight citations so well? I ...
0 votes
1 answer
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I don't see all the asked questions [duplicate]

In Stack Overflow, when visit any user account page, including my own, I can't see all the asked questions. On the pager, I see the "next" link, but it doesn't work for all users, and I can only see ...
2 votes
4 answers
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stackoverflow.com JavaScript Disabled Banner?

I'm having trouble getting all of the features to work on stackoverflow.com. When I visit the site it displays a banner which says, "Stack Overflow works best with JavaScript enabled." However I have ...
2 votes
1 answer
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Cannot load javascript file on stackoverflow.com [duplicate]

I can't use a lot of stackoverflows features because I fail to load one of your javascript files. The file in question is: http://sstatic.net/so/js/question.js?v=5935 and I get this error: Content ...
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1 answer
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Cookies and JavaScript for teststackoverflow.com — legitimate?

Can someone authoritative explain what the cookies that teststackoverflow.com wants to set are for (tracking — I know, but tracking what, and what's wrong with the regular stackoverflow.com and is ...
8 votes
1 answer
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Browser console repeatedly prints "Error calling method on NPObject" on Stack Overflow

I was not signed into the site when I got this error. When I open any question on the Stack Overflow site, if I open the browser console, I keep getting an error message being continuously printed. ...
1 vote
1 answer
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Meta Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load

I know this appears to be a duplicate. It's been brought up a dozen times on meta.stackoverflow.com. I've read many of them, but none of them really describe my scenario which I've been unable to ...
5 votes
1 answer
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Problems with careers.stackoverflow.com and javascript?

I have tremendous problems using SO today, as almost all javascript-bound links ends up just navigating to the top of the page. At the same time, the page has this status text: Waiting for careers....
10 votes
4 answers
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Is there an official SO version of the WMD editor available for download? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Where's the WMD editor open source project? I'd like to know if the version of Markdown that SO uses, with the same header with blank background and the same help button ...
1 vote
0 answers
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Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain, which is blocked or failed to load [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: “Stack Overflow requires external JavaScript from another domain” message I just can't use StackOverFlow website due to this JS issue. What is wrong? Edit: http:/...
1 vote
1 answer
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Why is JS in Stackoverflow not working in Chromium 18 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: JS broken in Chrome 18 Uncaught SyntaxError: Variable 'c' has already been declared ask:37 Uncaught ReferenceError: StackExchange is not defined ask:137 Uncaught ...
0 votes
1 answer
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How does Ctrl + K work in Stack Overflow? [duplicate]

I am very curious to know how to implement the Ctrl-K (code sample) feature against code. For example: public static void main(String args[]){ System.out.println.out("welcome"); } Will ...
1 vote
3 answers
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Why can't I ask a question on SO that contains <img ...> in a code segment? [duplicate]

I'm trying to ask a question on SO about JavaScript. My sample code includes <img ...> at one point. When I try to post the question, I get this message: Oops! Your question couldn't be ...
1 vote
1 answer
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Stack Overflow mobile CSS and JavaScript framework

What CSS framework (if any) does SO use for mobile devices? Do they also use jQuery?
2 votes
2 answers
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JavaScript pulldown menu for adding tags to question in Stack Overflow not working?

I am using Internet Explorer 9 and have found, when asking a question, the JavaScript pulldown menu for adding tags to a question in Stack Overflow is not working?
1 vote
1 answer
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SO: adding comments with iPhone is a slow process

The input of a comment on SO with the iPhone is very slow. It seems there is a flaw in the Javascript, either too complex for the iPhone, or buggy? (using iPhone 4)
1 vote
1 answer
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How is the image upload done on SO?

I know that imgur.com provides the service to SO... But from the imgur API, the return from the POST is a JSON, so I guess the API URL (http://api.imgur.com/...) can't be written to the ACTION field ...
3 votes
2 answers
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Why are there so many JavaScript errors on SO itself?

I'm using IE8. I noticed a lot of errors popping up whenever I visit Stack Overflow. master.js line: 1 'jQuery' is underfined question.js Line: 1 Object expected ask Line: 25 '$' ...
7 votes
1 answer
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"Post your question" fails on Opera 10.10 Win XP SP3

I'm not able to submit a question using Opera 10.10 on Windows XP SP3. I was logged in, every field was filled etc. No error messages were shown. After clicking the submit button, nothing happens. ...
5 votes
2 answers
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Javascript Bug in stackoverflow title for new question?

I'm using: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20091221 Firefox/3.5.7 When I click the title element for adding a new question the text What's your programming ...
1 vote
1 answer
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Some obscure code in the "everonelovesstackoverflow" div (ad-related?)

Go to any page on stackoverflow.com, open firebug (or use some other html searching feature), and put in "everyonelovesstackoverflow" into the search bar. There's one div in the html with that class (...
8 votes
1 answer
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What are the StackOverflow UI design secrets?

I am sure all of you have observed the cohesive design of this site. My question is about some of the cool info-boxes that appear upon various events, such as when someone with lower reputation tries ...