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I think this proposal is way too broad – juanformoso May 27 '10 at 14:04

I don't see a problem in the broadness of a site if your entry point is Google. You can see how most questions on SO are on C#, but that doesn't mean Haskell questions aren't answered. Broadness becomes a problem when less popular questions either don't get answered or if the questions start trailing too much in off-topic directions. I don't see this occuring on the current Triology, so I don't expect this to happen here if there's a strong community that focuses on what is important. – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 14:25

If there was a way to submit new site proposals, I'd submit "Google Apps" and "Facebook" and 90% of the questions in this site would then be off topic. – Michael Pryor May 27 '10 at 17:45

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added by Good Person May 27 '10 at 22:17

Backupify does a lot of the major blogs, just as an FYI. – glasnt Jun 3 '10 at 1:53

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added by Giorgi, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 31 '10 at 23:29

N: This is a browser behavior, not a Gmail behavior. – Pops May 31 '10 at 17:49

I think it used to be impossible, so then it's Gmail behavior – Ivo Flipse Jun 1 '10 at 7:08

it's imossible. you can do this in Yahoo! – maahtu Jun 5 '10 at 19:19

It is 100% possible. In Gmail, in basic html version, just right click and open in a new tab. Mission accomplish. – kzh Jun 5 '10 at 21:39

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	The same as comments about a person, however if the comments are deserved, I simply don't think the admin will listen. But let's just assume the good in people ok? :-P – Ivo Flipse Jun 1 '10 at 6:58
	Not specific to using a web application. – slugster Jun 7 '10 at 13:13
	Dupe of How do I get rid of negative comments on a website about me? – Roger Pate Jun 7 '10 at 19:15

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added by Ivo Flipse Jun 1 '10 at 11:51

Does RSS-feed behaviour also count for how web apps interact with them? – Ivo Flipse Jun 1 '10 at 11:55

@Ivo Flipse: Wether or not, Google Reader does, right? – hakre Jun 12 '10 at 21:43

It does, I posted these several borderline questions to get a discussion started on the borders of the proposal @hakre – Ivo Flipse Jun 13 '10 at 15:33

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added by Gnoupi Jun 1 '10 at 14:01

For the early days of AFO, and perhaps beyond, it should be good etiquette to supply reasons for delete votes. @deleter: What is your reason? – Roger Pate Jun 3 '10 at 6:31

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added by Gelatin Jun 4 '10 at 1:01

I voted OT. Questions seeking public opinion about non-existence software quickly devolve into "hey guys, I'm making a web app that does XYZ, care to test it out?" – Mike Sherov Jun 8 '10 at 12:10

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added by Ivo Flipse, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 31 '10 at 23:40

at what point are we a de-facto support site for Facebook? The Java uploader is client software. – Jeff Atwood May 27 '10 at 5:47

When you are more successful than Facebook's support site. Wasn't that the plan? – Rog May 27 '10 at 6:21

@Jeff: You are correct, but it causes problems for using the web app. Plus the community is probably able to answer this question. If we start banning these grey area questions, than where do they have to ask them? Some cross-over between this site and Super User is inevitable – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 6:22

If the question is about software whose sole purpose is to connect to a web app, then it belongs on this site. – cstack May 27 '10 at 19:57

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added by Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 7:18

Too localized question – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 7:28

Belongs on StackOverflow/Serverfault, and is also subjective. – Tyler Carter May 27 '10 at 3:38

even if the localization is fine the content is not -- web application != web hosting – Good Person May 27 '10 at 6:37

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added by Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 7:19

Not a real question – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 7:32

@Ivo then why are you posing it? – hakre Jun 12 '10 at 21:51

@hakre Because back when I posted it (check the date) we didn't have the strict rules about exemplary on/off-topic questions. – Ivo Flipse Jun 13 '10 at 15:31

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added by Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 7:41

Thee are already bunch of "How do I do this in Gmail?" questions. You should switch your vote to one of the more popular ones so we aren't splitting efforts. – cstack Jun 7 '10 at 17:27

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added by Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 8:05

Belongs on Stack Overflow – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 8:05

This site should be about using web apps, not making them. – cstack May 27 '10 at 19:42

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added by Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 8:08

Belongs on Search Engine Optimization – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 8:08

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added by Ivo Flipse, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 31 '10 at 23:38

Belongs on DocType or Stack Overflow – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 8:14

Better yet, on WordPress Answers – John Biddle Jun 11 '10 at 21:22

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added by Ivo Flipse, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 31 '10 at 23:38

This is a Server Fault question – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 12:19

Or Super User, depending on context – Maxim Zaslavsky Jun 8 '10 at 19:24

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added by Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 12:20

I'm torn over this one, it's on Stack Overflow, but wouldn't this be like a pluging for Wordpress? In other words: is requiring some coding to use Wordpress considered using Wordpress or programming for Wordpress? – Ivo Flipse May 25 '10 at 12:21

On a second thought: I think this should be allowed. We'll see where this will take the site's scope – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:13

It depends on what "my site" means -- if the asker is developing a web app, I would say this question is Stack Overflow for sure; if it's just a blog, then I think it's okay. – Jon Seigel May 27 '10 at 4:01

This doesn't relate to a web-app per se. When I have more votes, it's goin' down for me. – Rog May 27 '10 at 6:40

I think all coding questions should remain on SO. I don't want to have that kind of expertise spread out. – Good Person May 30 '10 at 7:00

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:26

subjective "best of" question, bad anywhere – Jeff Atwood May 27 '10 at 5:57

@Jeff - I'm not sure, when managed correctly, they are not that bad. This is more a software recommendation for a specific task, not a cluster of "must have windows software". On SU, it is often useful to ask for "what program to do this task". – Gnoupi May 27 '10 at 6:11

I wouldn't call: 'What's a simple online backup solution?' a bad question, so it might just be the topic of this question that's the problem. – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 6:24

I'm kinda on the fence about this one, but I'll say no. While it is sometimes useful to hear "expert" opinions, they are just that. Opinions. I don't think a SE site is the way to get an answer to this question. One should look it up on Google, try out what you find, and go with the one you like best. I don't think the anonymous masses can make this decision for you. – raven May 27 '10 at 14:55

@Raven this model works just fine for a multitude of things on Super User, such as backup, anti-virus, partitioning, linux distro's and the like – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 16:04

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:45

closed as off topic by therefromhere, Peter K., cstack, luvieere, raven Jun 9 '10 at 14:12

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Belongs on Stack Overflow – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:46

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Belongs on Stack Overflow – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:48

This site should be about using web apps, not making them. – cstack May 27 '10 at 19:41

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:57

Off topic, it should be about web applications, not technologies in general. Now if they would ask about why (insert a html 5 heavy website) is slow in Firefox, it would probably be a little different – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 8:59

Almost a Super User question – ChrisF May 27 '10 at 10:08

@Ivo - even then it might be a SO question if they are the developer ;) – Good Person May 27 '10 at 10:43

The only way it relates to web apps is if you are making one. – cstack May 27 '10 at 19:49

Asking for comparative performance metrics of web browsers would be on topic – Casebash Jun 2 '10 at 2:57

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:34

In contrast to Super User I think we should allow these kind of questions here, web apps should be platform agnostic! – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:44

In this case, it's even "fill in any capable electronic device", then. – Gnoupi May 27 '10 at 5:24

How to watch Hulu on my Android phone? is currently Y1/N10... – Pops May 29 '10 at 21:32

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:49

In contrast to Super User I think we should allow these kind of questions here, web apps should be platform agnostic – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:49

not if there's another gadgets site, though, and there likely will be. – Jeff Atwood May 27 '10 at 5:57

This raises the big picture question about the possibility for questions to span multiple domains and get the best of both worlds of expertise. I'm sure it's been raised before though. – Rog May 27 '10 at 6:43

So will I be able to migrate this question there @Jeff? – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 13:25

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:52

Where's the boundary for web apps that also have desktop versions? – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:52

executables aren't webapps – Jeff Atwood May 27 '10 at 6:00

Sure, but now that they also have a web app version that's probably going to be identical to the Adobe Air version. Does really help when you try to seperate the two – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 6:15

Belongs on Super User – ChrisF May 27 '10 at 10:09

@Raven - it's more of a fit for SU than this proposed site, which is the purpose of this phase of the process after all - defining what the site is about. – ChrisF May 27 '10 at 14:29

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added by Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:53

Google's Chrome store will probably be used for 'native' apps on Chrome Os, but also for web apps under other OSes. Therefore, it should be about what they're trying to run, not where. – Ivo Flipse May 26 '10 at 19:55

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	I actually just ran into this problem. – cstack May 27 '10 at 19:39
	Is GMail a web app? I don't even know... – d03boy Jun 5 '10 at 17:51

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added by Isaac Waller May 27 '10 at 3:48

closed as off topic by therefromhere, Jeff Atwood, OscarRyz, Chris W. Rea, 3rdparty Jun 5 '10 at 23:41

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Belongs on DT or SO – Good Person May 27 '10 at 6:40

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closed as off topic by Chris W. Rea, Al E., Robert Harvey, Tyler Carter, 3rdparty Jun 5 '10 at 23:41

This question does not relate to the topic of the proposal.
It was closed as part of an automated migration of off-topic to close votes on September 29, 2011.

Too localized. – Jon Seigel May 27 '10 at 4:23

@Jon - Too localized after a day or two, but what about on the exact moment? Would it be the kind of question which is acceptable to answer right away, if someone has more information, then to close once no longer relevant? – Gnoupi May 27 '10 at 5:32

Perhaps if they provided information as to what they were doing and if it's reproducible – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 10:09

This question will always come up. If it was a wiki question in the form it is now, rather than referring to a specific application, then the answers could be the things you can check, such as your connection to your ISP, if you've got anything else running etc. – ChrisF May 27 '10 at 11:04

Good start, but too subjective. Would need a bigger explaination and a title rename to be acceptable. – Nick Berardi May 30 '10 at 15:38

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added by Juan A. Navarro May 27 '10 at 5:26

there is some standards like SVG to create vector graphics. I haven't heard about any web application for this reason – maahtu Jun 5 '10 at 19:17

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added by Juan A. Navarro May 27 '10 at 11:36

if your blog is in wordpress, then you can do this simply by checking twitter updates in your blog setting. – maahtu Jun 7 '10 at 10:57

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added by Good Person, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 31 '10 at 23:35

I guess this belongs on meta stackexchange... – fretje May 27 '10 at 12:24

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added by fretje May 27 '10 at 12:22

The shopping part probably makes it too professional, though I fear the site for webmasters would find this question to 'easy' and ban it as well – Ivo Flipse May 27 '10 at 22:04

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added by blesh May 27 '10 at 12:29

	Okay, I'm going to play Devil's Advocate on this one, and vote 'no', against the flow. This is more a question about how to configure your OS on how to handle email links. Yes, GMail is a web app, but telling your computer to open mailto: links in GMail instead of Outlook, Thunderbird or Mail.App is your OS vendor's realm, not Google's. I suppose one could argue that most mailto: links will be encountered in your web browser, but I still say that the web app connection is tenuous, at best. – Dougal Campbell Jun 3 '10 at 2:55
	@Dougal: While I completely agree with you that this involves the OS, it's at the boundary between OS and webapp and should be handled by the site. (This is a good question.) – Roger Pate Jun 3 '10 at 3:05
	I agree with @Dougal. This is Super User material. – fretje Jun 3 '10 at 8:59

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added by Ivo Flipse, edited by WikiSpeedia hang-around May 31 '10 at 23:34

Isn't this just installing a simple plugin? Why would it be off-topic? – Ivo Flipse May 28 '10 at 6:07

Please explain why you would find this on or off-topic! – Ivo Flipse Jun 1 '10 at 12:05

Even though I'm not one of the no-votes, this borders on administering a web app instead of using one. Users are in the audience, not administrators. But if it's as easy as installing a simple plugin, that could be considered "using". – Roger Pate Jun 3 '10 at 9:19

How does this question compare against area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/57/…? – Roger Pate Jun 3 '10 at 9:23