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Lightnin
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Project Editor:
v237
- fixed issue with new “color touching” block code to improve performance (Please test! Some projects that use color touching should now run faster on the beta than they don on the old site flash player.)

Forums
* Addition of “Mobile” interface - please test! (This may get activated automatically when browsing the forums with a mobile device eventually.)
* Moved some footer / header links to the bottom.
* Numerous small fixes
Thanks to nXIII for implementing all the forum changes!

Website
* Minor bug fixes

Last edited by Lightnin (Feb. 14, 2013 22:37:36)

Axser
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Cool Feacture
The mobile Interface Works Good and Fast but its missing Colors and Commads Tools
MelonInc
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Browsing the forums on my phone right now! Looks nice! Will the rest of the site have a mobile format too?
MelonInc
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Hmm. The new color touching block actually threw off the color sensing (again) on my Tron Project. The little block things can go through the lines again.

Last edited by MelonInc (Feb. 15, 2013 00:18:09)

Magnie
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Would it be hard to add the Scratch 2.0 theme colors to the mobile interface?
ke1235
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

The mobile interface works nicely- on it now

Last edited by ke1235 (Feb. 15, 2013 01:13:22)

ke1235
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Agree with Magine, it would be nice to add colors.
BoltBait
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Um… where's the “mark all posts read”?

It's my favorite function of the forum.
nXIII
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

BoltBait wrote:

Um… where's the “mark all posts read”?

It's my favorite function of the forum.
It's in the footer of the index.
cobraguy
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

You guys are just bringing update after update! At this rate, we'll be out of beta in no time!
technoboy10
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

The mobile interface is great! However, a 2.0 color scheme and bbcode tools would be nice. (Shouldn't be too hard to fix)
EDIT: I submitted a pull request on GitHub to 2.0-ize the lofi color scheme.

Last edited by technoboy10 (Feb. 15, 2013 16:05:10)

nXIII
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

The lofi color scheme is designed to be minimal and to direct focus toward the content. It is not meant to look exactly like the Scratch 2.0 color scheme, which doesn't look great on mobile devices. I tried out some more “2.0-ish” colors for headers and text, but it put way too much emphasis on components of the page which don't matter nearly as much as the actual posts. I don't plan to “2.0-ize” the mobile site, but if you think you've found something that is more effective at accomplishing the goals of the mobile site–ease of use, simplicity, minimalism, and focus on content–please share it.

Last edited by nXIII (Feb. 15, 2013 17:38:07)

technoboy10
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

@nXIII I think that consistency across the site creates a better user experience.
Just my thoughts.

Last edited by technoboy10 (Feb. 15, 2013 17:48:33)

nXIII
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

technoboy10 wrote:

@nXIII I think that consistency across the site creates a better user experience.
Just my thoughts.
The mobile site will never be completely “consistent” with the main site because it's designed to look better on a mobile device than the main site does.

EDIT: It's also designed to have less stuff than the main site so pages load faster (and we don't give people giant charges for data use!).

Last edited by nXIII (Feb. 15, 2013 19:42:11)

comp500
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

awesome! all we need now is er, wait we have gzip oooh! anyway iOS web clip meta tags (apple-touch-icon etc) links and integration with the main site (i mean a mobile version of the main site too)
nXIII
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Oh, good point about the web app meta tags–I'll add those.
lundfamily3
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

Can we get a status update on Cloud stuff? I^-^|
ElectricSparx
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

It seems the touching blocks don't work properly…
comp500
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

nXIII wrote:

Oh, good point about the web app meta tags–I'll add those.
here's all the docs you need :D
nXIII
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2/14/13: Updates to the project player and forums!

comp500 wrote:

nXIII wrote:

Oh, good point about the web app meta tags–I'll add those.
here's all the docs you need :D
Yeah, I know.

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