adding italics, crossed out and bold text to comments.

BendyOl183

I have no idea if this is actually possible to be implemented so if it isn't able to be let me know.

What would this be?

If this feature was a thing, it would basically be italics, crossed out, underlined and bold text but on the main website's comments. These could be used to spice up some comments, emphasise on some things, or more.

How would you be able to use it?

You could be able to use it like the version on the forums, by typing in :

b, i, u, or s in brackets, followed by the text, then ending with /b, /I, /u, or /s, again in brackets.

Example :

A normal comment : italics bold crossed out underlined

A comment using these features : italics bold crossed out underlined

Last edited by BendyOl183 (July 23, 2023 15:52:05)

BendyOl183

bump

-TwentyFour-

I don't think we need colors, they're not helpful in comments, probably bold, italic, underline and strikethrough would be helpful.

The orginal suggestion was about colors in comments. The OP was edited after awhile this was posted. (Saying this to make sure to avoid misunderstandings.)

Last edited by -TwentyFour- (July 23, 2023 15:56:35)

BendyOl183

-TwentyFour- wrote:
I don't think we need colors, they're not helpful in comments, probably bold, italic, underline and strikethrough would be helpful.

I guess, but it would add a bit of flair to a comment if there were different colours

Zydrolic

Doesn't feel useful, per se.
Color isn't neccasary to emphasize when you have italic, bold, strikethrough for an update about your microwave, underline.
red could be used to emphasize something dangerous or whatever, sure.
But really I don't think we need this.
I mean it's 500 (total) characters you can use only, while on the Forums you have over 200,000 if I remember right. You can do it suringly without issue on the Forums, but affects would just make conversations alot longer.
Emphasization via colors in a comment (Or just affects in general) isn't really needed in my opinion — It'd just look weird or out of place or style.

Last edited by Zydrolic (July 23, 2023 15:27:04)

BendyOl183

Zydrolic wrote:
Doesn't feel useful, per se.
Color isn't neccasary to emphasize when you have italic, bold, strikethrough for an update about your microwave, underline.
red could be used to emphasize something dangerous or whatever, sure.
But really I don't think we need this.
I mean it's 500 (total) characters you can use only, while on the Forums you have over 200,000 if I remember right. You can do it suringly without issue on the Forums, but affects would just make conversations alot longer.
Emphasization via colors in a comment (Or just affects in general) isn't really needed in my opinion — It'd just look weird or out of place or style.

Yeah I'm probably gonna just edit the topic to mores be focused on italics and bold letters because I've gotten 2 replies about it now

Zydrolic

BendyOl183 wrote:
(#6)
Yeah I'm probably gonna just edit the topic to mores be focused on italics and bold letters because I've gotten 2 replies about it now

Well it's just us, you should wait to hear other people about it.
I personally think it'd make conversations way longer with affects unless comment character limit is increased, but that'd be more trolling for trolls.

BendyOl183

-TwentyFour- wrote:
I don't think we need colors, they're not helpful in comments, probably bold, italic, underline and strikethrough would be helpful.

I've edited the post to make it solely about these features, since now that I look at it colours aren't really very useful.

-TwentyFour-

BendyOl183 wrote:
-TwentyFour- wrote:
I don't think we need colors, they're not helpful in comments, probably bold, italic, underline and strikethrough would be helpful.

I've edited the post to make it solely about these features, since now that I look at it colours aren't really very useful.

Oh, ok!

mumu245

I am thinking of using Markdown. It uses an easy syntax like this:

**bold** _italic_ ~strikethrough~ `code` 
```language
code block
```
[link text](https://example.com)
![image alt text](https://example.com/example.jpg)

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
...
###### Heading 6
* list item
- list item
+ list item (interchangeable)

1. list item
2. list item
3. list item

separate with one line to create paragraphs

another one

> quote

Last edited by mumu245 (July 24, 2023 06:28:51)

-ElectronicArts-

mumu245 wrote:

I am thinking of using Markdown. It uses an easy syntax like this:

**bold** _italic_ ~strikethrough~ `code` 
```language
code block
```
[link text](https://example.com)
![image alt text](https://example.com/example.jpg)

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
...
###### Heading 6
* list item
- list item
+ list item (interchangeable)

1. list item
2. list item
3. list item

separate with one line to create paragraphs

another one

Yes! markdown is very simple and easy to use.

SonicFanX123_321

you want to enable HTML? that would be risky, b people could just do <img src=“some-inappropriate.site/link” /> I'm an HTML PROGRAMMER!. I prefer doing something like limited HTML/BBcode (whichever you meant, but I still prefer HTML):

<b></b> - works (bold)
<strong></strong> - works (alternative to <b>)
<i></i> - works (italics)
<u></u> - works (underline)
<s></s> - works (strikethru)

<a></a> - blocked (link)
<img /> - blocked (image)
<div></div> - blocked (can be used to break the site)
<span></span> - blocked (ditto)
<ul><li></li></ul> - maybe blocked? (list)
<hl></hl> - blocked (horizontal line)
etc.etc.

I also think that the tags (especially strong and the list tags if they get allowed) shouldn't count towards the comment count limit.

mumu245

-ElectronicArts- wrote:

mumu245 wrote:

I am thinking of using Markdown. It uses an easy syntax like this:

**bold** _italic_ ~strikethrough~ `code` 
```language
code block
```
[link text](https://example.com)
![image alt text](https://example.com/example.jpg)

# Heading 1
## Heading 2
### Heading 3
...
###### Heading 6
* list item
- list item
+ list item (interchangeable)

1. list item
2. list item
3. list item

separate with one line to create paragraphs

another one

Yes! markdown is very simple and easy to use.

And another advantage is that it is very easy to read, even without formatting. Also, it's based on natural estabilished conventions and practices in plain-text email.

Last edited by mumu245 (July 24, 2023 06:29:23)

Scratchdev57

Overall, not needed, but a cool addition if added.

This project has some by the way.

BendyOl183

SonicFanX123_321 wrote:
you want to enable HTML? that would be risky, b people could just do <img src=“some-inappropriate.site/link” /> I'm an HTML PROGRAMMER!. I prefer doing something like limited HTML/BBcode (whichever you meant, but I still prefer HTML):
 - works (bold)
 - works (alternative to )
 - works (italics)
 - works (underline)
<s></s> - works (strikethru)

<a></a> - blocked (link)
<img /> - blocked (image)
<div></div> - blocked (can be used to break the site)
 - blocked (ditto)
<ul><li></li></ul> - maybe blocked? (list)
<hl></hl> - blocked (horizontal line)
etc.etc.
I also think that the tags (especially strong and the list tags if they get allowed) shouldn't count towards the comment count limit.

I mean like a very limited version of BBCode that only lets you use the things mentioned in the post

SonicFanX123_321

BendyOl183 wrote:
(#15)
SonicFanX123_321 wrote:
I have the ability to snip quotes

I mean like a very limited version of BBCode that only lets you use the things mentioned in the post

this?

[b][/b] - works (bold)
[i][/i] - works (italics)
[u][/u] - works (underline)
[s][/s] - works (strikethru)

[url][/url] - blocked (link)
[img] - blocked (image)
* - maybe blocked? (list)
[email][/email] - I'm pretty sure this is a tag in the standard bbcode that doesn't appear on scratch. has the same function as <a href="mailto:address@scratch.mit.edu"></a>
etc.etc.

josueart

SonicFanX123_321 wrote:
-snip-

HTML? That would probably break the “no text syntax” rule.

it might be difficult for children to understand HTML syntax. Scratch itself is designed to be an entry into the world of programming, an entry point.

If there are Scratchers that find difficult using the emoji syntax (_waffle_), how would they react when seeing HTML?
(i'm also an HTML coder btw)

edit: typo

Last edited by josueart (Aug. 4, 2023 07:55:01)

mumu245

Why disallow links and lists? For links you could just write out the URL anyways, there should be a popup showing the URL when you click on a link. Images shouldn't be allowed because they're laggy, but lists should be allowed and long comments could have a scrollbar.

medians

mumu245 wrote:
Why disallow links and lists? For links you could just write out the URL anyways, there should be a popup showing the URL when you click on a link. Images shouldn't be allowed because they're laggy, but lists should be allowed and long comments could have a scrollbar.

To share images, I just send a project or just put an image link in a comment.

SonicFanX123_321

mumu245 wrote:
(#18)
Why disallow links

because of something like this:
https://scratch.mit.edu
edit: narrowed the quote down to the thing I'm addressing.

Last edited by SonicFanX123_321 (Aug. 4, 2023 13:50:04)

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