Import assets from URL

Iditaroid

Working with stock images and sounds is great. I love that people make things and then have them online and available for everyone to use how they please. However, if I want to use something in a scratch project, I have to save it on my computer then import it into Scratch. This can take up precious space and time, and is especially bad when you have a slow computer that isn't very happy when one of those windows comes up prompting you to select a file and upload it online. I think Scratch should have a feature where you can import sprites, sounds, and images directly from a URL. Other websites like imgur, TinyPic, and tumblr have this function and I think it would be really nifty if Scratch did too!

Last edited by Iditaroid (July 19, 2014 18:14:36)

TheHockeyist

No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.

Iditaroid

TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.

You can do that anyway? There's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from importing horrifyingimage.jpg right now and sharing it on Scratch.

Last edited by Iditaroid (July 19, 2014 18:17:30)

TheHockeyist

Iditaroid wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.
You can do that anyway? There's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from importing horrifyingimage.jpg right this second and sharing it on Scratch.

Yeah. If that happens, ban them from Scratch. They might even upload *removed by pseudo-moderator, please don't reveal such details on Scratch*.jpg.

Iditaroid

TheHockeyist wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.
You can do that anyway? There's absolutely nothing stopping anyone from importing horrifyingimage.jpg right this second and sharing it on Scratch.
Yeah. If that happens, ban them from Scratch. They might even upload *removed by pseudo-moderator, please don't reveal such details on Scratch*.jpg.

Exactly! You just have to trust the moderators to do their job!

TheHockeyist

Iditaroid wrote:
Exactly! You just have to trust the moderators to do their job!

True, so if you can upload anything you want, then I don't support it.

Iditaroid

TheHockeyist wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
Exactly! You just have to trust the moderators to do their job!
True, so if you can upload anything you want, then I don't support it.

I don't understand??? I thought we just worked through this!

Right now, in scratch, you can already upload anything you want. Anything at all, you can upload inappropriate images and post them on Scratch. If you do that, the moderators will take down your project and probably ban you. This would make it easier to upload inappropriate images, yes, but it would also make it easier to upload literally anything else that can be used in your scratch project. You could import a massive SVG of a map of your favorite country from the Wikimedia Commons and use it in your scratch project.

Heck, I guess you could just have it so that images can only be uploaded from approved image hosts, like Wikimedia.

TheHockeyist

Iditaroid wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
Iditaroid wrote:
Exactly! You just have to trust the moderators to do their job!
True, so if you can upload anything you want, then I don't support it.
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Heck, I guess you could just have it so that images can only be uploaded from approved image hosts, like Wikimedia.

Support.

Iditaroid

Eh well that's better than nothing I suppose!

djdolphin

Support!

TimothyLawyer

Lots of content at various URLs on the internet, including Wikimedia, may not be appropriate for young kids. Scratch may not want to give its implied blessing by allowing direct import from these sites.

For a slow computer or connection, one can always ask someone else to download the content and upload it to Scratch for them.

However, if the content alone is more than a computer can handle, having it in a project may not work very well.

Iditaroid

TimothyLawyer wrote:
Lots of content at various URLs on the internet, including Wikimedia, may not be appropriate for young kids. Scratch may not want to give its implied blessing by allowing direct import from these sites.

Wikimedia is an approved image host on the forums. If they allow adding images from Wikimedia here, I don't see why they couldn't do it in the program. I really think this would have more benefits than drawbacks.

TheHockeyist

Iditaroid wrote:
TimothyLawyer wrote:
Lots of content at various URLs on the internet, including Wikimedia, may not be appropriate for young kids. Scratch may not want to give its implied blessing by allowing direct import from these sites.
Wikimedia is an approved image host on the forums. If they allow adding images from Wikimedia here, I don't see why they couldn't do it in the program. I really think this would have more benefits than drawbacks.

Semi-support. Not full support, but not indifferent.

TimothyLawyer

Iditaroid wrote:
Wikimedia is an approved image host on the forums. If they allow adding images from Wikimedia here, I don't see why they couldn't do it in the program. I really think this would have more benefits than drawbacks.

You may be right. But it is easier to review a comment for appropriateness than a project's multiple sprites, costumes, and backdrops.

djdolphin

TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.

Oh, no! You can say inappropriate things with the say and think blocks! They better be removed! And you can upload inappropriate costumes and backdrops! The ability to display images better be removed. Now that I think about it, any feature in the program could be used for inappropriate things. Let's just get rid of Scratch entirely! The end.

TheHockeyist

djdolphin wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.
Oh, no! You can say inappropriate things with the say and think blocks! They better be removed! And you can upload inappropriate costumes and backdrops! The ability to display images better be removed. Now that I think about it, any feature in the program could be used for inappropriate things. Let's just get rid of Scratch entirely! The end.

Please don't tell me you've become Kaj II.

djdolphin

TheHockeyist wrote:
djdolphin wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.
Oh, no! You can say inappropriate things with the say and think blocks! They better be removed! And you can upload inappropriate costumes and backdrops! The ability to display images better be removed. Now that I think about it, any feature in the program could be used for inappropriate things. Let's just get rid of Scratch entirely! The end.
Please don't tell me you've become Kaj II.

Okay. Because I haven't.

AonymousGuy

TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.

Well Scratch can already be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.

You might as well get rid of profile pictures and studio pictures just to prevent some of that.

TheHockeyist

AonymousGuy wrote:
TheHockeyist wrote:
No support. It could be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.
Well Scratch can already be used to upload images that are inappropriate for Scratch.

You might as well get rid of profile pictures and studio pictures just to prevent some of that.

Haha. I support, but don't tell anyone.

Blueinkproductions

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