Scratch

sparks wrote:

Speaking personally, I love some of bingo's features such as the fact you've tried hard to make it avaliable in several languages, and the upload feature is also very neat. I do find that it has perhapse a slightly over cluttered pallet, and a lot of ideas have either been based on or taken from other mods, even if credit was given 

Fair enough. The 'taken' features were mostly added early on, when I didn't know a lot of Squeak and had no idea what a license was.

rubiks_cube_guy238 wrote:

My favorite mod is my own mod, called Shriek.

I would say BYOB, but my mod has most of the general features of BYOB (experimental procedure declaration).

After that, I would say Panther, but I basically just see that as a mod with support for colors and custom blocks that I could easily hack with the source code.

Seriously, take a look at my mod. It has basic OOP support! And, my mod has more added C-blocks than ANY other mod you'll see.

More blocks isn't always a good idea. Add to many and you confuse the user.

LS97 wrote:

markyparky56 wrote:

rubiks_cube_guy238 wrote:

My favorite mod is my own mod, called Shriek.

I would say BYOB, but my mod has most of the general features of BYOB (experimental procedure declaration).

After that, I would say Panther, but I basically just see that as a mod with support for colors and custom blocks that I could easily hack with the source code.

Seriously, take a look at my mod. It has basic OOP support! And, my mod has more added C-blocks than ANY other mod you'll see.

More blocks isn't always a good idea. Add to many and you confuse the user.

Correct. Many people have over-populated their palettes, including me.

That's one of the reasons why I moved the clone-related blocks to the Other palette I added. Actually, now that you mention it, I think I'll move those code blocks also...
Anyways, have you even looked at my mod?

LS97 wrote:

I am offended. 
Not a single person in this thread has mentioned Bingo.

I believe Bingo, Panther and BYOB are the top three Scratch mods.

No offence but I think the reason why is because BYOB and CYOB (Panther) are both YOB. Putting Bingo next to them is like putting a small brick next to a LEGO brick and they both came from a wood-chip (or Scratch). Sure, with a small brick you can use some other materials to make a block, but with LEGO bricks you can fit them together easily. Sure, with Bingo you can make a block by putting in the password for programmer facilities, but without the password, all it is is a little better than Scratch, it isn't a whole other thing. Bingo should be put aside by one of the other Mods otherwise the others have too big of an advantage like putting a kid next to two strong men, you would hire one of the men right?

I personally like some of each,

BYOB:
I like the feature that you can make blocks using other blocks, and it saves a LOT of room.

Panther/CYOB:
I like how there are new blocks which allows you to get to the internet, like seeing how many love-its a project has without even going there. I also like how you don't have to hack the code to make blocks, but you can if you need to.

Bingo: I HATE IT! jk.
I like how there are many new blocks and that, if you figure out the password, you can make more blocks like in Scratch. Also I REALLY like how you can upload your project to Bingos website.

Panther and BYOB are tied. I haven't tried, Bingo yet, I'll go check it out 

It has to be BYOB.

Everybody forgets that Slash contains BYOB.

LS97 wrote:

Billybob-Mario wrote:

Everybody forgets that Slash contains BYOB.

Yeah, but you didn't code it did you. I wouldn't be that proud about such a feature if I just took it off BYOB without even understanding where it came from and how it works!

This is why no one likes Slash. maybe you should actaully make a coded modification of scratch. I bet people would try it then! 

LS97 wrote:

I am offended. 
Not a single person in this thread has mentioned Bingo.

I believe Bingo, Panther and BYOB are the top three Scratch mods.

Bingo has many original, added blocks. Lately, I've also been focusing on UI and non-block-related features, a bit like BYOB.

Panther has a very good choice of blocks, I gather most of those being original, and has the very useful Smalltalk coding feature.

BYOB is the inimitable marvel of interface coding by Jens and Co.
It's simple, yet has the basis of the more advanced languages with its methods and functions. First-class really brings the level up too.

IMHO, Slash is really not a proper mod, in the style of Scratch. Way too informal and cliché. The rest of the mods are just not worth the effort, with a few exceptions. It's been a mod-boom, literally 

Streak has original blocks and a few interface changes. What more would you expect from the fashion starter, though? I think the creator of Streak has done more than enough 

Bingo is cool    I especially like the open web page block. I made something that would let you do a Google search from the project. But I think there are now so many mods out there its hard to sort through them all and I think slash and streak are pretty old and panther and byob are pretty old and famous.

14God wrote:

LS97 wrote:

I am offended. 
Not a single person in this thread has mentioned Bingo.

I believe Bingo, Panther and BYOB are the top three Scratch mods.

Bingo has many original, added blocks. Lately, I've also been focusing on UI and non-block-related features, a bit like BYOB.

Panther has a very good choice of blocks, I gather most of those being original, and has the very useful Smalltalk coding feature.

BYOB is the inimitable marvel of interface coding by Jens and Co.
It's simple, yet has the basis of the more advanced languages with its methods and functions. First-class really brings the level up too.

IMHO, Slash is really not a proper mod, in the style of Scratch. Way too informal and cliché. The rest of the mods are just not worth the effort, with a few exceptions. It's been a mod-boom, literally 

Streak has original blocks and a few interface changes. What more would you expect from the fashion starter, though? I think the creator of Streak has done more than enough 

Bingo is cool    I especially like the open web page block. I made something that would let you do a Google search from the project. But I think there are now so many mods out there its hard to sort through them all and I think slash and streak are pretty old and panther and byob are pretty old and famous.

Over 20 mods!

markyparky56 wrote:

siriusblack wrote:

It has to be BYOB.

And a reason for BYOB being the best is...?

Build Your Own Blocks. 

Billybob-Mario wrote:

Pecola1 wrote:

Billybob-Mario wrote:

Everybody forgets that Slash contains BYOB.

With slash you cannot even BYOB (build your own blocks) though. Thats the best feature of BYOB.

You can. Slash is based on BYOB and has all of its features.

Oh. So you can, I was told els-wise. NVM