–Henri

not for BYOB 3 (which we’re just about to release). You can still download and play with a “Lists and Files” version based on Scratch 1.2 that lets you write flat lists (with numbers) to files. I believe that something like that (writing lists to files and reading files into lists) would be a very interesting thing to explore for possible future versions of BYOB, too. There’s just too much else that needed to be done first .

Are there plans on freeing BYOB to read/write to files and networks?

you must be using an outdated version, please get a more recent image (you can download it separately from:

http://byob.berkeley.edu

The annoying bug you’re having with the variadic C-shaped slots should be fixed in a more current version. If not, please holler

Also, be sure do download the current version of the tools sprite (our library of standard blocks). There you’ll find a pretty cool example of a select case mechanism inspired by fellow Scratcher nXIII.

I wanted to make something like the PHP/Javascript/others switch- or select-case structure. I once made an image mockup here: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=280934#p280934 .

Now it seems very difficult.

It technically works already; this is the block def:
http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/2471/caseblockdef.gif
and this is what it looks like in a script:
http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5939/caseinscript.gif

But it’s far from straightforward and it doesn’t look like the mockup at all - it’s ugly xD Any idea on how to improve

Also, theres an extremely annoying bug, every time I drag the block around, add some parameter, whatever, it becomes about 5 pixels wider.

Joren

• Saving me from a 0 homework grade in a Tech project

• Taking care of my boredom

• Wait for Scratch 2.0

• Give me ideas for new blocks in my Scratch modification, Peck.

and a few other things that I am to lazy to remember

All in all, BYOB 3 (or 2.99 for now) has done great for me, and obviously other people. I think that the first class list definitely helped.

One way that I think it could be improved, is to do what Panther (http://pantherprogramming.weebly.com/) does in its CYOB (Code Your Own Blocks) And choose your own block color, although you could still choose the block colors from actual categories, or still be able to put it into a category. But it should also be able to save different colors, so that you could theoretically create your own new categories. Or allow people to CYOC (Create Your Own Category ) And maybe with permission, you could make your own block in CYOB or BYOB!

Although it would be a huge change do to the above, those are features that I think would be good (weather possible or not) for BYOB 4.

-henley

I can see the lesson I’d do now using BYOB 3: a completely different one that I’m sure would get them thinking, and leave them unimpressed with other languages that don’t have this.

John Stout

thanks! We’re currently focusing on the “programming” features, so increasing the stage’s resolution is not on our short term radar. However, there are /lots/ of great ideas in stock for the long term

On a side note, is there any intention to increase the maximum resolution of the stage for BYOB 3? It would open up quite a few possibilities.

Cheers