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 - Follow your friends on StackOverflow with FriendOverflow
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Video of app in action
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0zflMRXt2c&hd=1
About
I created this app because I wanted to see what my friends and co-workers were doing on StackOverflow. I ...
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OBSOLETE - Review Audit Detector
Motivated by the question Would a userscript to determine whether a review is an audit be illegal, I wrote a userscript for this purpose. The algorithm is as follows:
If the post score shown in review ...
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OBSOLETE - stackchat.cpp - a C++20 library for Stack Exchange chat
This library has been made obsolete due to the following SE-induced problems:
Breaking the chat HTML
Making cloudflare so aggressive that the specific login method used quickly results in a hard ...
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OBSOLETE - "Reply" links on comments
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This user script adds a little "reply" link to each comment. Clicking this link will
fetch the rest of the comments, if some of them were hidden
show the "add comment&...
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OBSOLETE - Clipboardy chrome extension to copy posted source to clipboard
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About
Clipboardy is a Chrome extension for copying posted code to clipboard from stackoverflow.com, github.com & npmjs.com. It can:
Copy the source code to clipboard ...
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OBSOLETE - Rebuilt as another app / Full-featured reputation loader
This version of app is obsolete. I've just started rebuilding it, will be life approximately today or tomorrow (Feb 5-6, 2023). New version is live! Check it there: Voting activity tracker v2: check ...
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OBSOLETE - Copy Code Exchange - copy code to clipboard from Stack Exchange sites!
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Dark Mode
Light Mode
About
This is a userscript to copy code (from any <pre> element) to the clipboard from all Stack Exchange sites. It's pretty nice and cool to be able to copy the ...
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OBSOLETE - Find old display names of a user
As observed here, it can be
confusing when certain users who had gone months under one name suddenly switched to new names
So I've made a simple API-based tool:
Old display names of a user
It ...
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Reopen/Delete Vote Rename - Clarify whether you've voted to delete/undelete already
This script is no longer needed
Stack Exchange now denotes that you've already voted to close/reopen/delete/undelete with an asterisk, e.g. Delete (1*). Thus, this script isn't really needed anymore.
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OBSOLETE - Freehand Circles Drawing Tool
What is it?
A userscript that lets you draw directly onto images on any Stack Exchange site to add freehand circles (or anything else you might like to add).
It has been designed to work like ...
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Hide Recognized Member text from the RM's flairs in the Collectives
Update: The request to not include Recognized text in RM's flair is now implemented. See staff answer here: https://meta.stackoverflow.com/a/433645.
status-completed
About
With the launch of ...
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Always show all watched tags in right sidebar
Description
The watched tags list in the right sidebar are truncated if they exceed a threshold. See
Watched Tag list suddenly shortened and requiring manual expansion
This userscript addresses this ...
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OBSOLETE - RankOverflow: A website to calculate your Stack Overflow reputation rank in all leagues
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About
Rank Overflow is a website to calculate your Stack Overflow reputation rank in all leagues easily and with one click.
I created this page because I wanted to know my percentage of my ...
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OBSOLETE - StinkingBadges - Track your progress towards long-term badges
Introduction
I was curious how far away I was from Generalist, and there are some data explorer queries that can show you your progress, but I thought it should be possible to make this work with the ...
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StacksGuru: a near realtime bot for all Stack Exchange sites
UPDATE
Stacksguru address is now [email protected] (in the plural form) remove the old contact ([email protected]) and use the new one.
StacksGuru is a Jabber/XMPP bot which gives you a ...
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OBSOLETE - StackMail - Making the StackExchange Sites Accessible Via Email
Planned Obsolescence
Due to almost negligible usage and ongoing maintenance issues, I would like to announce that the StackMail service will be shut down in a few days after the 4th of July 2013.
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StackExchange™ SuperCollider Freehand Circle™ Editor - [Now supported on EVERY StackExchange site!]
Update Jul 2015:
The author is not able to update anymore. Use Freehand Circles Drawing Tool instead.
Important:
All SE sites (with one exception - see below) are now supported. Please ...
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OBSOLETE - 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 - 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 - Flack Overstow - Generate spam from Stack Exchange posts
Online demo courtesy of Nathan Osman:
http://quickmediasolutions.com/flack
Note: this tool now works with all Stack Exchange sites. Just paste the URL of your profile and the app will take care of the ...
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OBSOLETE - Sentinel - monitoring new answers to old questions
(Please note that Sentinel is currently broken and will remain permanently unmaintained. A functioning version can be found here)
First there was Natty - looking for new answers to old questions that ...
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OBSOLETE - StackUsers.com - everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask. (about an SE user. almost.)
About
http://stackusers.com
All Stack Exchange users at your fingertips.
The core of this application is a robust data acquisition and maintenance platform based on Soapi.CS that reliably and ...
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OBSOLETE - Dragon: an automatic editor
OBSOLETE: No longer maintained, and I haven't used it for ages either. May or may not work as long as v2 of the API remains supported
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My revision history currently contains a lot of ...
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OBSOLETE - Stackie - A Stack Exchange client for the Universal Windows Platform
About
Browse your favorite questions and answers across the entire Stack Exchange network with Stackie - a Stack Exchange client for the Universal Windows Platform.
A beautifully crafted User ...
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Obsolete - StackTack, a JavaScript widget you can stick anywhere
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<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script ...
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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 Stack&...
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OBSOLETE - Official Stack Overflow iOS App
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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 - StackFlair Widget - Highly customizable user flair widget for Android
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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 - Stacktistics: Show recent popular languages, mobile platforms and web techs based on question counts
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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 - Stack Apps Listing Wizard - Making it easier to list your application right here on Stack Apps
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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 - 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 ...
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OBSOLETE - Droidstack for Android - now with chat support! [closed]
Obsolete - coded for decommissioned version of the API. This app unmaintained since Feb 2011. Source code still available; all other links dead or empty.
Current status
I'm not actively maintaining ...
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OBSOLETE - RoboStack: A Google Wave robot for the Stack Exchange API
OBSOLETE - Google Wave doesn't exist anymore.
Screenshot / Code Snippet
For a video snapshot visit http://code.google.com/p/robostack/.
About
Unlike a Jabber/XMPP robot, this application is a Google ...
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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 ...
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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 - StackBook - let your Online Community friends know what you're doing on Stack Overflow
About
StackBook helps mashup service for you let your Online Community (right now only Facebook) friends know what you're doing on Stack Overflow.
License
MSPL
Access
http://stackbook.mourfield.com/
...
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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 - 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 ...
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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 ...
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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.
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About
Unlike other review queues, the suggested edits queue does not have a heading that indicates ...
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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.
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About
This basic website allows users to organize their Stack Overflow favorites by tags, or search through ...
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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 - Stack Overflow ebooks for Kindle
Obsolete: Links are dead, except for the source code which is very dated.
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About
These books contain the top questions from a selection of the top tags on Stack Overflow. The top ...
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Possible bug in the help page?
There are some weird dot things in this help page:
api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/help/method?method=users/{id}/badges
{Dead link to missing image: http://files.quickmediasolutions.com/stackbug.png}
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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 - 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.
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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 - Add Timeline and Revisions Links
Obsolete: Script no longer works on any Stack Exchange site. Updated version found here.
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About
This is a simple Greasemonkey script which adds both timeline and revision links to ...