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I don't exactly see the point in not having any festivities for AFD this year. Anybody else? I know they aren't occuring on the forums - and I'm fine with that - but why not the usual editor themes and cat blocks? I mean, at least we have the semicolon, but still…

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

This doesn't make sense in my opinion, all of the code already exists for it all to be added back again, it probably wouldn't take too long. Though, I'm not a developer.

7salad3salad wrote:

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

This doesn't make sense in my opinion, all of the code already exists for it all to be added back again, it probably wouldn't take too long. Though, I'm not a developer.

Za-Chary wrote:

No, usually the changes are manually set, if I remember/understand correctly.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896267/

cheddargirl wrote:

[A]nd the pushback response seems like an attempt for decision reversal now. We’re not gonna do that because of the consequences that would negatively affect the website in the long run. Closing thread.

(source)

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I did notice something (this may have always been there)

In the text to speech extension, there's a new voice:
Kitten

No matter what you type to say, it just does “meow”.

DangerPuppy10 wrote:

I did notice something (this may have always been there)

In the text to speech extension, there's a new voice:
Kitten

No matter what you type to say, it just does “meow”.

Not new, sorry.

jvvg wrote:

cheddargirl wrote:

[A]nd the pushback response seems like an attempt for decision reversal now. We’re not gonna do that because of the consequences that would negatively affect the website in the long run. Closing thread.

(source)

;

To be fair, that quote seems to be for the forums specifically, rather than the rest of the website.

7salad3salad wrote:

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

This doesn't make sense in my opinion, all of the code already exists for it all to be added back again, it probably wouldn't take too long. Though, I'm not a developer.

The code was made before the high contrast changes, so it would probably need to be updated to work correctly in the current version of the editor.

Maximouse wrote:

7salad3salad wrote:

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

This doesn't make sense in my opinion, all of the code already exists for it all to be added back again, it probably wouldn't take too long. Though, I'm not a developer.

The code was made before the high contrast changes, so it would probably need to be updated to work correctly in the current version of the editor.

The “mode” code you sent me on a different thread worked fine with purple. Or is that due to the extension?

han614698 wrote:

7salad3salad wrote:

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

This doesn't make sense in my opinion, all of the code already exists for it all to be added back again, it probably wouldn't take too long. Though, I'm not a developer.

Za-Chary wrote:

No, usually the changes are manually set, if I remember/understand correctly.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896267/

So they code the exact same thing multiple times? Why would they do that?

Maximouse wrote:

The code was made before the high contrast changes, so it would probably need to be updated to work correctly in the current version of the editor.

This probably makes the most sense

7salad3salad wrote:

han614698 wrote:

7salad3salad wrote:

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

This doesn't make sense in my opinion, all of the code already exists for it all to be added back again, it probably wouldn't take too long. Though, I'm not a developer.

Za-Chary wrote:

No, usually the changes are manually set, if I remember/understand correctly.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896267/

So they code the exact same thing multiple times? Why would they do that?

No clue. Other users such as Maximouse seem to disagree with Za-Chary on this so he may be wrong.

han614698 wrote:

No clue. Other users such as Maximouse seem to disagree with Za-Chary on this so he may be wrong.

I wonder if my post is getting misunderstood. Of course they don't re-code the cat blocks from scratch every single time they bring them back. But the Scratch Team needs to manually make the changes that put them on the Scratch website. That is, there is nothing that enforces “If the day is April 1st, then automatically update the website to include cat blocks even if no Scratch Team member is online at the time.”

Updating the website is done manually, to my knowledge — and as has been brought up already, the code for the cat blocks already exists, so theoretically (and perhaps naïvely) it would not take that long to update the website to include them. But of course I'm not a developer, so I have no idea how much work is put into making sure the cat blocks work. It's just my understanding that the process to update them is not automatic, which is what I was initially trying to say.

Za-Chary wrote:

han614698 wrote:

No clue. Other users such as Maximouse seem to disagree with Za-Chary on this so he may be wrong.

I wonder if my post is getting misunderstood. Of course they don't re-code the cat blocks from scratch every single time they bring them back. But the Scratch Team needs to manually make the changes that put them on the Scratch website. That is, there is nothing that enforces “If the day is April 1st, then automatically update the website to include cat blocks even if no Scratch Team member is online at the time.”

I do not doubt you’re correct, but the semicolon has been discovered to be automated, so it’s not necessarily true that nothing’s automated.

han614698 wrote:

jvvg wrote:

To my understanding, the development team is stretched pretty thin and needs to prioritize things like keeping the website running over “fun” features that only appear for a day.

- https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7896405/

Skill issue on ST part. Just evade taxes.

han614698 wrote:

I do not doubt you’re correct, but the semicolon has been discovered to be automated, so it’s not necessarily true that nothing’s automated.

Good thing I didn't claim that for everything. I'm only referring to the cat blocks and most “major” website changes specifically. (The fact that only the semicolon appears to be automated also suggests that all other April Fools' Day festivities are not automated.)

Za-Chary wrote:

han614698 wrote:

I do not doubt you’re correct, but the semicolon has been discovered to be automated, so it’s not necessarily true that nothing’s automated.

Good thing I didn't claim that for everything. I'm only referring to the cat blocks and most “major” website changes specifically. (The fact that only the semicolon appears to be automated also suggests that all other April Fools' Day festivities are not automated.)

Sorry, I thought you did.

han614698 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

han614698 wrote:

No clue. Other users such as Maximouse seem to disagree with Za-Chary on this so he may be wrong.

I wonder if my post is getting misunderstood. Of course they don't re-code the cat blocks from scratch every single time they bring them back. But the Scratch Team needs to manually make the changes that put them on the Scratch website. That is, there is nothing that enforces “If the day is April 1st, then automatically update the website to include cat blocks even if no Scratch Team member is online at the time.”

I do not doubt you’re correct, but the semicolon has been discovered to be automated, so it’s not necessarily true that nothing’s automated.

Source?

Gamer_Logan819 wrote:

han614698 wrote:

Za-Chary wrote:

han614698 wrote:

No clue. Other users such as Maximouse seem to disagree with Za-Chary on this so he may be wrong.

I wonder if my post is getting misunderstood. Of course they don't re-code the cat blocks from scratch every single time they bring them back. But the Scratch Team needs to manually make the changes that put them on the Scratch website. That is, there is nothing that enforces “If the day is April 1st, then automatically update the website to include cat blocks even if no Scratch Team member is online at the time.”

I do not doubt you’re correct, but the semicolon has been discovered to be automated, so it’s not necessarily true that nothing’s automated.

Source?

People have been talking about it all day. https://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/post/7895294/

If you set your computers date to April 1 in let's say November it also appears.