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#1 2010-12-06 21:51:53
Removal of the need to sign up to download
I personally remember back in 2009 where i didn't use this account, and i got really annoyed that I had to sign up to download...
Why do we need to sign up anyway? Can't that be simply removed? It would allow:
1. anonymous downloading (can't hurt us, i think)
2. those who were blocked/banned from making accounts to at least be able to use scratch (i question this though)
3. the ability to use scratch at a school or other location where you can't sign up for anything.
Can you consider this? It would make accessing Scratch a lot easier.
Back in my day.... there were no laws that censored the internet... now, there are.... nah.
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#2 2010-12-06 23:01:35
- Jonathanpb
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
I think it's so Scratch can tell how many people downloaded a project. But it is a bit unnecessary to restrict downloading to registered people... 
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#6 2010-12-07 01:54:13
- Jonathanpb
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
Oh wait - are we talking about downloading projects or the Scratch program?
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#7 2010-12-07 06:42:43
- mathematics
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
I'm sure bbbeb means downing projects.
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#8 2010-12-07 11:27:15
- gettysburg11
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
Jonathanpb wrote:
Oh wait - are we talking about downloading projects or the Scratch program?
It's downloading projects. I just logged out and tried to download something and the pop-up I got said "Please login"
I definitely support this. You don't necessarily have to have an account to be able to create Scratch projects, so the same should go for being able to download.
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#9 2010-12-07 11:33:38
- lilacfuzz101
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
support 
this would be nice
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#10 2010-12-07 12:08:26
- Blade-Edge
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
Listen to kimmy
If you add /download at the end of the project, it gets downloaded even when you are not logged in, and the project gets no views
I use it all the time
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#11 2010-12-07 17:46:42
- gettysburg11
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Re: Removal of the need to sign up to download
Blade-Edge wrote:
Listen to kimmy
If you add /download at the end of the project, it gets downloaded even when you are not logged in, and the project gets no views
I use it all the time
Although people who don't have accounts and wouldn't be able to download probably wouldn't know about that shortcut.
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