# Feature **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=261 [Latest](https://meta.discourse.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://meta.discourse.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://meta.discourse.org/tags.md) **Page:** 262 --- ## [Request: Allow easier customization of "outdated browser" message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-allow-easier-customization-of-outdated-browser-message/19488)
**Author:** [@fysics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/fysics)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 1, 2014, 6:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/request-allow-easier-customization-of-outdated-browser-message/19488 "2014-09-01T06:32:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from Unable to change browser update message string: I’m suggesting that this text should be customizable from /admin/site\_contents. Currently, it says the following: Unfortunately, your bro… --- ## [New "Banner Topic" pin type](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-banner-topic-pin-type/16458)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2014, 8:51am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-banner-topic-pin-type/16458 "2014-08-31T08:51:31Z")
One thing we’ve noticed is Discourse sites putting welcome banners up, like this: Technically this site welcome function is covered by the pinned welcome topic But clearly we need something a bit more.. obvious.… --- ## [Reply as new topic - keyboard problem](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-new-topic-keyboard-problem/15807)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/reply-as-new-topic-keyboard-problem/15807 "2014-08-29T23:24:47Z")
“Reply as new topic” is only visible on mouseover. Although you can access it by keyboard, if you happen to know it comes after the “like” button in a post, that does require a degree of clairvoyance which it’s probably … --- ## [Instant notification for every new topic/reply](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instant-notification-for-every-new-topic-reply/13409)
**Author:** [@BrandonMathis](https://meta.discourse.org/u/BrandonMathis)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 9:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/instant-notification-for-every-new-topic-reply/13409 "2014-08-29T09:28:43Z")
Hi guys. I was thinking about working on a Pull Request to expand Discours’ functionality to allow users to opt-in to receive notification for new topics and replies as they are posted much like a true mailing list. The… --- ## [Disallow first time poster with trust-level-0 to bump-up old topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disallow-first-time-poster-with-trust-level-0-to-bump-up-old-topics/19384)
**Author:** [@rahul286](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahul286)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2014, 2:48am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/disallow-first-time-poster-with-trust-level-0-to-bump-up-old-topics/19384 "2014-08-29T02:48:06Z")
Continuing the discussion from Global setting to auto-close topics? This is related to the setting warn\_reviving\_old\_topic\_age Problem is, first time poster are often in too rush to post their problem, they just search… --- ## [Showing \[only\] the first 30 invites](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-the-first-30-invites/13001)
**Author:** [@watchmanmonitor](https://meta.discourse.org/u/watchmanmonitor)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 11:52pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/showing-only-the-first-30-invites/13001 "2014-08-28T23:52:57Z")
I’ve invited many people to our forum. However, I can’t tell who hasn’t accepted because the list is just “Showing the first 30 invites.” How can I see the rest? Is there a timeframe for being able to sort the table o… --- ## [Formating for "uncategorized" in topic category selection](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355)
**Author:** [@AdamCapriola](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AdamCapriola)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/formating-for-uncategorized-in-topic-category-selection/19355 "2014-08-28T22:20:05Z")
Here’s what I’m talking about: If you are suppressing the category badge, I guess this display makes sense, though it might be nice to include the number of topics and description. (“Topics that don’t need a category… --- ## [Make share button public](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300)
**Author:** [@Barnabas20](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Barnabas20)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2014, 2:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-share-button-public/19300 "2014-08-28T02:43:46Z")
Hi, I noticed that the Facebook, Twitter and other social share buttons are only available to signed up users. Can the “Share” button be made public so that visitors who are not signed up can still share discussion to Fa… --- ## [Heads up -- adding likes given/received as trust level 3 criteria](https://meta.discourse.org/t/heads-up-adding-likes-given-received-as-trust-level-3-criteria/19181)
**Author:** [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/heads-up-adding-likes-given-received-as-trust-level-3-criteria/19181 "2014-08-27T17:25:58Z")
We belatedly realized that not including Likes, at some modest level, was a bad idea when evaluating trust level 3 (leader) criteria. We don’t want the criteria to force people to post, Lurkers can be Leaders … that’s w… --- ## [RSS feed for badge grants](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-for-badge-grants/19310)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2014, 9:06pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/rss-feed-for-badge-grants/19310 "2014-08-26T21:06:33Z")
There should be a RSS feed available for badge grants. :slight\_smile: We were thinking it might be nice to expose this somewhere like our IRC channel or even Twitter. --- ## [New icon for admins](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-icon-for-admins/19251)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 11:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/new-icon-for-admins/19251 "2014-08-25T23:38:06Z")
:star2: for @codinghorror for the new shield admin icon. :smile: The :trophy: really set the wrong tone, IMHO. https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/01853fb9d336295666d03ab0f37bf2e5a9a65843 --- ## [Strange behaviour of emoticons in character count](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-of-emoticons-in-character-count/19049)
**Author:** [@TechnoBear](https://meta.discourse.org/u/TechnoBear)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 25, 2014, 7:17pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/strange-behaviour-of-emoticons-in-character-count/19049 "2014-08-25T19:17:57Z")
Continuing the discussion from Notifications not clearing properly unless visited from menu: I was replying to a question of @sam’s, which really just required a “yes” or “no” answer, but of course, Discourse has a 20 … --- ## [Manual trigger to recalculate badges and trust level](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-trigger-to-recalculate-badges-and-trust-level/19231)
**Author:** [@rahul286](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rahul286)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/manual-trigger-to-recalculate-badges-and-trust-level/19231 "2014-08-24T21:23:19Z")
We have moved a very old bbPress forum to Discourse and loving every bit of new forum. :smile: We have thousands of users and posts. And many users have contributed a lot in past 5 years. (old forum was almost 5 year ol… --- ## [User can choose language during registration](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-can-choose-language-during-registration/18894)
**Author:** [@almereyda](https://meta.discourse.org/u/almereyda)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 24, 2014, 1:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/user-can-choose-language-during-registration/18894 "2014-08-24T13:45:55Z")
In multilingual communities, even though everyone writes in English most of the time, it would be nice to have users (optionally?) choose their language during registration, maybe even autodetected by the OS/browser loca… --- ## [Should search prioritize recent topics over older topics?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-prioritize-recent-topics-over-older-topics/19099)
**Author:** [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2014, 9:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/should-search-prioritize-recent-topics-over-older-topics/19099 "2014-08-22T21:46:20Z")
Can we please please PLEASE get search added as priority number one after V1 is released? The discourse search is frustrating (politest way I can phrase this). I’ve been searching both here and at our instance for thre… --- ## [Notification when a moderator or admin deletes your message](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-moderator-or-admin-deletes-your-message/18875)
**Author:** [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 4:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/notification-when-a-moderator-or-admin-deletes-your-message/18875 "2014-08-20T16:34:20Z")
That way I can know why it’s missing. --- ## [Make private group pages visible to only group members](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-private-group-pages-visible-to-only-group-members/19090)
**Author:** [@michael28](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michael28)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/make-private-group-pages-visible-to-only-group-members/19090 "2014-08-20T12:45:08Z")
I’ve set up a private category for a handful of the members of my site to discuss site policy. The users that can access the category are pulled from a user group I’ve set up. I’d like for members of this group to be ab… --- ## [Allow switching of categories in a topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-switching-of-categories-in-a-topic/18999)
**Author:** [@stu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stu1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2014, 9:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/allow-switching-of-categories-in-a-topic/18999 "2014-08-20T09:44:07Z")
Currently when I am in a topic, I am limited with what I can do. I can’t create a new topic and I can’t switch to a different category. This forces me to press back or click on the category / header to return to root m… --- ## [Double Likes... as a feature!](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028)
**Author:** [@Matches](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Matches)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 11:02pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/double-likes-as-a-feature/19028 "2014-08-19T23:02:59Z")
--- ## [Accessibility: Improve contrast of text styling in default UI](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-improve-contrast-of-text-styling-in-default-ui/14632)
**Author:** [@downey](https://meta.discourse.org/u/downey)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 19, 2014, 7:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/accessibility-improve-contrast-of-text-styling-in-default-ui/14632 "2014-08-19T19:41:56Z")
As a user with less-than-perfect eyesight, I want to be able to read text and links on Discourse with a contrast ratio that allows me to differentiate types of text, so that I can better understand the purpose of that te… --- ## [Option to notify with sound](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-notify-with-sound/18996)
**Author:** [@stu1](https://meta.discourse.org/u/stu1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2014, 4:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/option-to-notify-with-sound/18996 "2014-08-18T16:13:57Z")
I would like to be notified with an audio signal (that the user can turn off) when I get a notification if I have discourse open. This would enable me to come back to the tab when I needed to repond rather than just che… --- ## [Email: mail headers should have tags in them](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-mail-headers-should-have-tags-in-them/18934)
**Author:** [@apoelstra](https://meta.discourse.org/u/apoelstra)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2014, 10:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/email-mail-headers-should-have-tags-in-them/18934 "2014-08-16T22:30:08Z")
It’d be great if discourse emails had an extra header with discussion tags in them (even just a comma-separated list would be fine). This makes automated filtering and sorting a lot easier and would give discourse an edg… --- ## [An option to hide your username/avatar in the toolbar](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-option-to-hide-your-username-avatar-in-the-toolbar/18813)
**Author:** [@rubydoob](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubydoob)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2014, 1:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/an-option-to-hide-your-username-avatar-in-the-toolbar/18813 "2014-08-14T01:22:44Z")
What do you guys think of giving users the option to hide their username/avatar from the top toolbar. For privacy reasons you might not want that visible all the time. --- ## [Is Discourse suitable for use for a question and answer type page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-suitable-for-use-for-a-question-and-answer-type-page/17772)
**Author:** [@leisuretronics](https://meta.discourse.org/u/leisuretronics)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2014, 7:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-discourse-suitable-for-use-for-a-question-and-answer-type-page/17772 "2014-08-12T07:39:07Z")
I’m looking for a platform that I can use to power a Q&A section of a website. I’m already planning on using Discourse for comments throughout the site but I’ve also read on Quora (http://www.quora.com/Is-there-any-open-… --- ## [Ability to unroll context when in-reply-to indicator is suppressed?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-unroll-context-when-in-reply-to-indicator-is-suppressed/18166)
**Author:** [@anon73329944](https://meta.discourse.org/u/anon73329944)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2014, 6:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/ability-to-unroll-context-when-in-reply-to-indicator-is-suppressed/18166 "2014-08-09T18:34:49Z")
Context unrolling is a very nice feature, allowing one to browse the whole chain of discussion without navigating too far away from the place we were in. However, if the in-reply-to indicator is suppressed, either becaus… --- ## [Dates are not localized in the no-JS version](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dates-are-not-localized-in-the-no-js-version/15272)
**Author:** [@CamilleRoux](https://meta.discourse.org/u/CamilleRoux)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/dates-are-not-localized-in-the-no-js-version/15272 "2014-08-06T21:37:01Z")
Hi, Dates are not localized in the no-JS version. Here is an exemple in French: (Date is still in English) --- ## [Cannot filter by subcategory without visiting parent category first](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535)
**Author:** [@davemaxwell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/davemaxwell)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2014, 3:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/cannot-filter-by-subcategory-without-visiting-parent-category-first/18535 "2014-08-06T15:33:38Z")
This is not a deal breaker as there are ways around it, but it is an annoyance. If you are on any of the latest/new/unread pages (category page as well, but I ignored that since the dropdown is kinda redundant there … --- ## [Use localized automatic topic messages despite per-user language profile](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451)
**Author:** [@meglio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/meglio)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 5, 2014, 7:34pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/use-localized-automatic-topic-messages-despite-per-user-language-profile/18451 "2014-08-05T19:34:24Z")
Currently it looks as if I (the admin) close the topic, the English message is posted automatically despite global forum language is set to Russian. --- ## [Line breaks missing from embedded tweets](https://meta.discourse.org/t/line-breaks-missing-from-embedded-tweets/18297)
**Author:** [@Buddy](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Buddy)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 3, 2014, 1:57am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/line-breaks-missing-from-embedded-tweets/18297 "2014-08-03T01:57:09Z")
Expected behaviour: tweet displays correctly. Current behaviour: newlines missing Steps to reproduce: onebox the following tweet, or one like it https://twitter.com/SirEvisiae/status/330541240443604992 --- ## [Is suppress reply when quoting too atomic?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-suppress-reply-when-quoting-too-atomic/18249)
**Author:** [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2014, 1:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-suppress-reply-when-quoting-too-atomic/18249 "2014-07-31T01:49:29Z")
I just added a site setting called “suppress reply when quoting” https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/87dd6814972a1c44846a8ab1a1743be010525110 The description for it is: “Don’t show the expandable in-reply-to … [Previous page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=260) [Next page](https://meta.discourse.org/c/contribute/feature/2.md?page=262)