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 - SOAPI-DIFF: Your app broke? Check SOAPI-DIFF to find out what changed in the API
OBSOLETE - the website soapi.info is down.
SOAPI-DIFF
Soothe your beta api blues with a DIFF view of the entire API compared to the last changed version.
Instantly identify added/removed/changed ...
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OBSOLETE - StackBerry application for BlackBerry
OBSOLETE - website and source code repository are down
Screenshot / Code Snippet
(source: livinloud.ca)
About
I created this app because I always wanted to create an open source application. But I ...
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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 - 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 Side-...
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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 - 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 - 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OBSOLETE: No longer maintained, and I haven't used it for ages either.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
Screenshot
My revision history currently contains a lot of ...
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OBSOLETE - so++ - C++ Library
Obsolete: Coded for a decommissioned version of the API. Source code might be adaptable though.
(source: DEAD LINK: quickmediasolutions.com)
Code Snippet
#include <sopp/sopp.h>
...
sopp::...
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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Stack Up for iOS (1.0.1)
OBSOLETE - the app is not available anymore in the App Store
About
Stack Up is now available on the App Store.
Stack Up is a Stack Exchange client for iOS (4.0 only at the moment, but I'm working on ...
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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 ...
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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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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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Code Consultant: Jabber bot to help you work through your coding problems
Screenshot / Code Snippet
About
Have you ever noticed that simple act of describing a problem you can't get past to a co-worker will help you solve the problem, even if they don't say a thing?
The ...
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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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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 - 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["...
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OBSOLETE - Soapi.Explore (silverlight) - The entire API at your command
OBSOLETE: soapi.info has been down since at least 2012.
Soapi.Explore SL
About
Soapi.Explore SL is a Silverlight based annotated test harness for the Stack Exchange API. All API methods and ...
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OBSOLETE - StackAd Scroller
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About
StackAd Scroller is a small web application that scrolls the open source ads from this Meta question. It is highly configurable and makes a nice page to leave your web browser open ...
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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 - 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 - 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 - 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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OBSOLETE - GeeQe - Native Stack Overflow client
Obsolete - no longer in iTunes store, no source code given, and was coded for a decommissioned version of the API.
About
The Geek Question Explorer is a Native Stack Overflow iPhone Application.
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OBSOLETE - Stacklipse - Eclipse plugin preview
Obsolete. This plugin is for/uses a decommissioned version of the API.
About
Stacklipse is an eclipse plugin that utilizes Stack Apps API to provide a search view in Eclipse. Currently just provide a ...
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OBSOLETE - CodeChirp - Twitter like post-aggregator and stalker webapplication
CodeChirp
About
CodeChirp is a twitter-like web-based question/answer/comment aggregator, that queries Stack Exchange sites, and shows the results as twitter-like posts. People can subscribe to users,...
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OBSOLETE - Mobile Exchange Library for .NET Compact Framework
Obsolete: This library was made for a decommissioned version of the API. Also, the source code is no longer available.
About
Since the .NET Compact Framework is always lagging behind in terms of ...
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OBSOLETE - Build an app with Soapi.JS and gain praise and adulation. And some rep
Bounty Contest:
Build anything using the Soapi.JS JavaScript wrapper and either post the code or a link to a live demo.
When the question gets old enough (7 days I think) I will click 'start a bounty' ...
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The API Key does not work
I have registered an app at https://stackapps.com/apps/register, got a Key right away after I have submitted.
But now when I request http://api.stackoverflow.com/0.8/stats?key=MYKEY, I got ...
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Can we not limit requests based on the first one?
According to the answer given to this question, it seems like the API limits requests based on the first one. (Regardless of the presence of a key.)
Can this please be changed? It really hinders ...
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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,
...
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OBSOLETE - /tags fromdate and todate does nothing
Although the help/documentation lists todate and fromdate parameters for tags they do not work. This may be related to tags not having a creation_date. It would be great if we could filter tags by ...
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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 - Soapi.FindUser (silverlight) Quickly find any user anywhere in the Stackiverse!
OBSOLETE: soapi.info has been down since at least 2012.
Soapi.FindUser - Silverlight Edition
Configuration:
{irreparable screenshot was here}
About
Soapi.FindUser (silverlight) is provides a means ...
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OBSOLETE - StackFlair Widget - Highly customizable user flair widget for Android
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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 - Soapi.FindUser - Quickly find a any Stack Exchange user
OBSOLETE: soapi.info has been down since at least 2012.
Soapi.FindUser
About
Soapi.FindUser is a tiny .NET 3.5 application that searches all Stack Exchange sites for users by name with the provided ...
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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 - 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 - SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM: A flat sortable, filterable list of all parameters in the Stack Overflow api
OBSOLETE: the soapi.info website is down
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM
SOAPI-PARAM-EXAM is a little scooby snack of a tool that lets you get your eyes on all of the parameters in the api.
This is useful for ...
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How do I get the ten reputation required to post an image for my app?
Funny that in order to enter and include a screenshot, you need ten reputation points. Go figure.
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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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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 - 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?