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  Do we need the "Ask a Question" widget at the top?

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I think that the "Ask a Question" widget at the top makes the site look unprofessional, and wastes too much space at the top. It's also too prominent, it's easy to confuse it with a search bar. 

At least, it's position should be changed to: "Main Area - Below Title".    

If this gets at least a net vote score of +2, I will remove the widget. One can simply ask a question by clicking the "Ask a Question" in the navbar. 

asked Mar 8, 2014 in Discussion by dimension10 (1,985 points) [ no revision ]
retagged Mar 9, 2014 by dimension10

I almost always confuse it with with the search bar and never used it to ask a question.

@Dilaton Yes exactly, and I have used it, but only out of sheer laziness (one less mouse click), the disadvantages outweigh the advantages anyway. I will wait for one more upvote.    

Does not fit to the page design and distracts the user.

Removed, yay! The main page looks much better now.    

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