Updates! September 24th, 2014

peppermintpatty5

speakvisually wrote:
dinocatmeow wrote:
Why? Why did you remove the number of followers and the people you are following? GIVE THEM BACK!
when I receive [Updates! September 24th, 2014 v]
broadcast [GIVE BACK THE NUMBER OF FOLLOWS AND FOLLOWERS! v]
broadcast [The Scratch Team will not respond. v]
when I receive [The Scratch Team will not respond. v]
broadcast [Uh I hate the Scratch Team. v]
Whoa! Sorry to hear you hate the Scratch team. Please feel free to give feedback in this thread on the update, http://scratch.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/discuss/topic/53108/.

Haha! Glad to hear of another update. Yet I'm still using 1.4.

Oh well, what can I say? I love 1.4 too much!

skyset

This is officially the best update
Of all time
And forever

I've wanted that follower count gone for a while now. Thanks!

Blueinkproductions

By the editor, do you mean the offline editor? I read the post as if it was the online one, which was confusing.

mtcrafter

booo -_-

Lightningstep36

I'm glad to see the follower and comments count gone. I can be a pretty competitive person, as much as I wish I wasn't, so hopefully getting rid of the numbers will focus my attention away from it and put me at ease.

andycman

Did you remove the “remixes” section of projects? I think that without that, people will not view remixes as much because the remix tree button is on the corner of the projects and not noticable

I'd recommend adding that section back, but ordering from most recently shared at the top.

aminameow4

Scratchifier wrote:
speakvisually wrote:
-Snip
Removed number associated with Followers, Followers, and Comments from profile page. -Snip-

Am I the only one who is annoyed at this change?

COMMENTS FROM PROFILE PAGE!!!? This was completely unnecessary and a worthless change. GRRR!!! ):< I feel like you're shielding us from information because you're afraid that “oh no scratchers will compete. We better make everything on the site so limiting that they're restricted to only programming and staying in a little corner with absolutely no information to absorb.”

WHYYYYYY!!!? Sorry about the annoyance and forcefulness of my post, but this is really, REALLY making me mad right now.

I KIND of aggree with you. It would be nice to know all that, and just tell people not to compete. What about those of us who have projects celebrating/saying thanks to our followers? If someone's jealous, then they either need to put more effort, or try harder in their projects. There's no reason to get jealous. At all.

andycman

outdated stuff I removed, move along!

(I quoted the move along thing from something I saw in Gmail)

Last edited by andycman (Sept. 25, 2014 02:04:29)

TimothyLawyer

ThePancakeMan wrote:
Yay! Updates !

I think the no follower # is a great idea- hopefully it will cut down on the whole follow for follow scheme and help people focus on actual projects and creativity instead of a number on a screen.

IBCPirates wrote:
speakvisually wrote:
Website:
Projects from deleted Studios won't appear ‘Studios I am follow row’

THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!

TheHockeyist wrote:
I appreciate the following and commenting changes.

DandB1 wrote:
Wow, I thought the fame problem would never be solved. I'm happy and sad with this update.

skyset wrote:
This is officially the best update
Of all time
And forever

I've wanted that follower count gone for a while now. Thanks!

HOWING

EDIT: Removed last post so this is the new message:

Yay! Updates!

These will stop people from arguing over the followers/following.

Last edited by HOWING (Sept. 25, 2014 13:07:04)

Rohanite

YAY UPDATES!

Scratchifier

HOWING wrote:
In the next update please do it so there is no way to see the exact because it still shows the exact when you click“View all”.

No, no, no! I strongly disagree with this! See my first post in the other announcements forum to see why.

Fractalised_Fern

Smart move removing the followers/following/comments count. Now Scratch can focus better on Imagining, Programming and Sharing!

boomman222

speakvisually wrote:
Howdy! We have some nifty updates / bug fixes to share with you all (and we passed 4 million Scratch users today!). It's an especially great day on Scratch :]

Website:
Projects from deleted Studios won't appear i ‘Studios I am follow row’
Fixed broken translations in Tips window
Removed number associated with Followers, Followers, and Comments from profile page. Learn more about this change here!

Offline editor:
Editor no longer says Beta
Better saving for when your interwebs stop working (we prompt you to download)
Found and replaced vertical scrollbar in editor

Scratch On!

Dreamo

Was it neccessary to remove the profile comment count? I can't remember anybody who bragged about how many comments their profile had, or did “comment for comment”

Also, there is a small typo. I think you meant

Projects from deleted Studios won't appear in ‘Studios I am follow row’

Instead of

Projects from deleted Studios won't appear i ‘Studios I am follow row’

minirag

Yes UPDATES!!!

GetWithTheProgram

First of all, a big thanks to everyone on the Scratch Team. It is an AWESOME creative and social learning tool. We love it and thank you very much.

Removing useful features is rarely a good idea. I understand why it was done, but this could become a slippery slope. Where does it end? “Oh, we know everyone loves featureXYZ, but a couple of us decided we don't like featureXYZ, so we're taking that out next.”

Scratch is one part creativity one part community and there's nothing wrong with those who are motivated by his or her follower count or those who want to have as many followers as possible. Some types of people enjoy this and it is a good primer for the real world. An individual may write the best apps on the planet, but if no one knows, it doesn't matter - it doesn't make an impact.

Scratch can help kids learn how to program and learn how to connect with others. Removing features that are enjoyed by a certain type of young mind could also send an unintended message - that they are doing something wrong, when they are not. Let's keep Scratch strong by adding features, not subtracting. Thanks for reading my opinion.

DanielS15-2

This backwards compatibility may be breaking my upcoming game! Now my stamps don't have any effects applied to them (this was a problem in some earlier updates, too) which gets annoying. The option to switch between Scratch 1.4 stamping (stamp with no effects applied) and Scratch 2.0 stamping (keep effects while stamping) modes would be good.

Blaze349

Woah!!

danielhal

Could you at least allow the user to see their follower amount?

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