Questions tagged [obsolete]

Apps, Scripts, Libraries, Bugs, Feature-requests, or APIs that are: deprecated, no longer available/supported, or no longer relevant.

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OBSOLETE - Restore syntax highlighting on review and revision pages

Obsolete This script is now obsolete; a permanent fix has been implemented by Stack Exchange. About Some time ago, Stack Exchange moved to highlight.js v11. One of the breaking changes of this ...
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OBSOLETE - Add a heading when reviewing a suggested edit

Update: With the recent redesign of the review queues, this script has become obsolete. Screenshot About Unlike other review queues, the suggested edits queue does not have a heading that indicates ...
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Only Stack Overflow has documentation, but the API erroneously lists documentation privileges for all sites

Privileges related to Stack Overflow Documentation are displaying in every other site's API data. Using Meta Stack Exchange, for example, /2.2/privileges?site=meta returns the following documentation ...
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OBSOLETE - Official Stack Overflow iOS App

Screenshots About Stack Overflow is the can’t-code-without-it site where professional and enthusiast programmers ask their toughest questions and get answers from their peers. Learn, share and ...
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OBSOLETE - SEdictionary: A Domain-specific Dictionary for Software Engineering Terms

We developed a domain-specific dictionary for terms in Software Engineering called SEdictionary. The dictionary includes the the definitions of software-specific terms, abbreviations and synonyms, ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Viewer - App for navigate in Stack Overflow and more

Obsolete: Links are dead; no source code. This is a native android app for navigate in Stack Overflow. You can see answers, questions, best users by reputation, search by text and tags among other ...
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OBSOLETE - Enhanced Review

Obsolete: Install link is dead as well as the Source code link. This userscript adds voting options to the sidebar of Close Review and Low Quality Review of Stack Exchange sites, as well as Help &...
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OBSOLETE - SkillRep - experiment in computing a skill focused reputation

Update: Now offline/closed. See the answer, below. Reputation, on the Stack Overflow Site, is mostly a measure of a user's contribution. That's fine but sometimes, when looking at a user you ...
Denys Séguret's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - See the SOX post -- Side By Side Editing [duplicate]

This script no longer works and is no longer supported. See the Stack Overflow Extras (SOX) for this functionality. Screenshot About This userscript adds a button to the editor toolbar ('Toggle ...
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OBSOLETE - Review+Edit Page

Obsolete: The links are all dead. No source code. This Chrome extension reorganizes the Review page of Stack Exchange sites, adding lists of questions that may need an intervention. The review ...
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OBSOLETE - ChatSEy - An Android App for SE Chat

App removed Now that we have a mobile chat that doesn't suck, I've taken this down. Screenshot About Completely overhauled styles, including default and dark themes Reply to, star and flag ...
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SE API V1.1 documentation, date errata

The Stack Exchange API, version 1.1, documentation is ever so slightly confusing wherever Unix timestamps are mentioned (perhaps any ranges, I haven't dug too deeply) For instance: todate – Unix ...
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OBSOLETE - Review Stalker user script

Update: I don't have time to fix it at the moment and have also come to doubt the sustainability of this approach since putting it online, so I tagged it as obsolete. This is a very basic user script ...
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OBSOLETE - StackFlair Widget - Highly customizable user flair widget for Android

Screenshot About StackFlair is a highly customizable widget which displays your profile information (flair) from any website that is part of the Stack Exchange Network (http://stackexchange.com/). ★★ ...
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OBSOLETE - StackX - Android application for Stack Exchange (Free) (UI and optimization upgrade)

Update: 4/15/2013: Screenshots updated according to latest layout An android application that will allow the user to browse through all of stack exchange websites using API v2.1. Browse any of the ...
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OBSOLETE - Stackwise: a beautiful way to browse Stack Exchange sites

Obsolete: App not available, nor maintained for years. Source code not available. Stackwise: a new Stack Exchange browser for iOS devices. New features (v1.3) Now with full iOS 7.0 support! Also, ...
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OBSOLETE - ProStack Lite - Stack Overflow inbox notifier and quick accessor for OS X (in Mac App Store)

This product is discontinued. The post about it is retained below for posterity. About Tired of manually checking Stackoverflow.com for new answers and comments? Ever wished to access the ...
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OBSOLETE - Code::Trends - a visualization of the StackOverflow dataset

About Code::Trends is an interactive analysis of a dataset taken from StackOverflow, including: visualization of the technologies trends by time and location recommendation for similar technologies ...
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OAuth Dialog rendering problems in iPad

I'm using the implicit OAuth flow for our native iPad app. We're calling the standard URLs in a UIWebView. The Stack Exchange login renders with several UI glitches. The first screen looks correct: (...
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SymbolHound Search

Code // ==UserScript== // @name StackExchange SymbolHound Search // @description Uses SymbolHound instead of regular search if query begins with "sh:". // @version 1.1 // @include http:...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Apps Listing Wizard - Making it easier to list your application right here on Stack Apps

Screenshot About Listing an application here on Stack Apps can be a lot of work. First you have to visit this question and copy the markdown. Some of those fields don't apply to UserScripts and some ...
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OBSOLETE - StackTrace for iPad

StackTrace for iPad is now available in the App Store No longer in the iTunes store. With StackTrace, we have taken a unique approach to consuming Stack Exchange content. Instead of focusing on ...
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OBSOLETE - StackOverflow Updater.. Update Questions without the refresh

Obsolete: App is long gone from the Chrome store. No source-code available. It was coded for a decommissioned version of the API anyway. SOUpdater - UnRefresh! (1.2) App (Chrome-Extension) ...
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OBSOLETE - achivy.com, track all your statistics, reputation and badges in one place (now also supports coderwall)

About Time to collect your achivies Achivy adds some fun to your life. It supports Stack Overflow and all Stack Exchange applications, GitHub,Coderwall Ohloh as well as many other applications to your ...
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OBSOLETE - revisions/{id} is returning an error for locked posts

The API is returning the following error message when I request the revision history for locked posts. Example URL: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/revisions/194812 { "error": { "code": 500, ...
Bill the Lizard's user avatar
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SymbolHound: Search Stack Overflow for special characters

About See symbolhound.com SymbolHound is was a search engine that doesn't ignore special characters. I was always frustrated that I couldn't search for symbols like >> and && using ...
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OBSOLETE - Live Home Page - Never touch the refresh button on the home page of a Stack Exchange site again!

Feature implemented and this script retired This script is no longer needed since this feature is now built-in. This post will remain here for historical purposes. About Live Home Page is a ...
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OBSOLETE - How to get the actual “body” of a question or answer?

How do I actually get the body (i.e. the textual content) of any say question or answer. For example, for question (id= 7406104), I call: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/questions/7406104 But in ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Exchange Deleted Question Viewer

READ: THIS DOES NOT WORK. It has been broken by improvements in privilege enforcement. Sorry! The only reason I haven't deleted this post is that it would be particularly cruel for people seeking a ...
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Incorrect Wordpress and Electronics icons

Currently Meta Icon Currently Main Icon With all the other sites (except electronics, which has the same icon for both), Meta has the B&W or sepia icon, while the main site's icon is coloured. ...
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OBSOLETE - Stack Favorites: A basic organizer of your Stack Overflow favorites

App no longer available for use and not in development. Screenshot / Code Snippet About This basic website allows users to organize their Stack Overflow favorites by tags, or search through ...
Anton's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - Stacktistics: Show recent popular languages, mobile platforms and web techs based on question counts

Screenshot / Code Snippet About You may wonder what kind of languages, mobile platforms, or web technologies are most popular these days. stacktistics shows the popularity of programming languages, ...
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OBSOLETE - StackImage 2 - Create Your Own Unique Custom Flair!

Examples http://stackimage2.quickmediasolutions.com/4dd2fde77a2ca/stackoverflow/193619 http://stackimage2.quickmediasolutions.com/4dd3772eb3ae6/cooking.stackexchange/60 http://stackimage2....
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OBSOLETE - Add Draft Save Links

Obsolete: Install and source links are dead. Script was written for much older version of the sites. Screenshot About This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds Save and Clear buttons for ...
Jeff Mercado's user avatar
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1 answer
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OBSOLETE - Add Timeline and Revisions Links

Obsolete: Script no longer works on any Stack Exchange site. Updated version found here. Screenshot About This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds both timeline and revision links to ...
Jeff Mercado's user avatar
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0 answers
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OBSOLETE - StackAnywhere - A Stack Exchange client for Android

Discontinued In light of the release of the official Stack Exchange app, which has far more functionality, there seems little point in releasing further updates for StackAnywhere. I've made the ad-...
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OBSOLETE - SOStacked: Stack Exchange iPhone client

OBSOLETE - App is not available anymore and website is down. Screenshots About Awesome feature set. Powerful search, beautiful display Pick your favorite and ignored tags Log into your account, ...
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OBSOLETE - Duplicate Question Suggestion Boxes

Screenshot About Duplicate Question Suggestion Boxes is a UserScript for any Stack Exchange site that makes it extremely simple to check for duplicate questions for a post. In the left side it shows ...
Tamara Wijsman's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - SE Editor Toolkit

Looking for Maintainer I have not had the capacity to maintain this project in any meaningful way, but the source code is quite clear and reasonably well documented. If you would be interested to ...
Jakub Hampl's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - Stack Addict: Always-on StackExchange question viewer (Chrome Extension)

Stack Addict is a question-list widget accessible at any time, from any page you're on. Pressing a simple keyboard-shortcut brings up the question viewer, from which you can search, sort, and filter ...
Rui Jiang's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - Elections Statistics page for Stack Exchange sites

Obsolete: The site has been down hard for a couple of years. Reference: Shog9's answer on Meta SE The GitHub issue The Stack Exchange Elections Statistics Page is a simple single-...
Yi Jiang's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - Add Timeline and R​‌​‌​‌e​‌visions links

Obsolete: The links are dead, but the forked script in the answer(s) may still work. Screenshot / Code Snippet About Add revision links, and timeline links on all questions post menus. Intended ...
YOU's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - Stack Overflow ebooks for Kindle

Obsolete: Links are dead, except for the source code which is very dated. Screenshots About These books contain the top questions from a selection of the top tags on Stack Overflow. The top ...
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OBSOLETE - List Area51 discuss in the StackAuth sites list

The API works for Area 51 discuss, but it isn't listed on the site list. Would it be possible to add it so software using the API can access it without adding specific code for it?
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OBSOLETE - Unanswered questions with tags returns wrong total

When requesting a list of unanswered questions with a specific tags the total count show the total number of questions for that tag, not the count for the unanswered questions. Using http://api....
Robert Höglund's user avatar
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2 answers
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OBSOLETE - Search Stack Exchange Network of Q&A sites instantly with SEInstant

#Obsolete - Site long dead; no source code available. Was written for decommissioned version of the API. About Stack Exchange search results are now fast, faster, instant! :) Following on the heels ...
Vladyslav Tserman's user avatar
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1 answer
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OBSOLETE - pyso.py - Python Stack Overflow library

Screenshot / Code Snippet import pyso # Install the Server Fault API version 1.0. pyso.install_site(pyso.APISite("api.serverfault.com", "1.0")) # Get all the names of the moderators. print list((m["...
Jonathon Watney's user avatar
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OBSOLETE - Stack Exchange Notifier Chrome Extension

#Obsolete: Links are dead; no source code. About Stack Exchange Notifier is a handy extension for Google Chrome browser that displays your current reputation, badges on Stack Exchange sites and ...
Vladyslav Tserman's user avatar
65 votes
4 answers
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StackFlair - **Defunct** Generate flair for your Stack Exchange associated accounts

Note: This app, and the associated website have been offline since 2012. The GitHub project may still be useful to you. Sample flair styles: About There have been several requests on Meta ...
Rebecca Chernoff's user avatar
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1 answer
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OBSOLETE - /search method, returning the body of the questions

Probably this is a documentation fault. For the search method, the parameter list doesn't say anything about an optional body, but looking at the Returns description shows: "body": { "...
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