NGP Questions Thread — What We Know So Far (READ BEFORE POSTING ABOUT NGP)

CharPikMar

WPONTA wrote:
Ok, I have a serious question

—–What are we going to do if NGP and Scratch 4.0 come out? A ton of textbook lessons around the world that link to it will end up broken.—-

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This textbook uses the Scratch 3.0 website as an illustration, so if the site gets updated, it can bring many issues for schools that use Scratch for teaching students. And these are issued by the Vietnamese government and require a series of ministerial approvals before any changes can be made
In my country, Vietnam, the Ministry of Education uses a standardized series of textbooks, with Scratch being taught starting from Grade 4. If Scratch undergoes major changes, it creates a logistical nightmare. Re-publishing these books involves massive costs—from re-authoring the content to capturing new UI screenshots. Because this curriculum is mirrored in many other regions, the cost and effort of updating everything are simply prohibitive.

I highly doubt the Vietnamese government will not update this. It is a high probability that Vietnam will update the book to correspond with the new website. Plus, they aren't doing anything to the editor. Vietnam is very passionate about technology and coding.

KING OF THE PAGE AGAIN!!!

Last edited by CharPikMar (April 28, 2026 13:20:32)

CuteRobot22

WPONTA wrote:
Ok, I have a serious question

—–What are we going to do if NGP and Scratch 4.0 come out? A ton of textbook lessons around the world that link to it will end up broken.—-

Here's an example:
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This textbook uses the Scratch 3.0 website as an illustration, so if the site gets updated, it can bring many issues for schools that use Scratch for teaching students. And these are issued by the Vietnamese government and require a series of ministerial approvals before any changes can be made

And then it has lessons about the editor:

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In my country, Vietnam, the Ministry of Education uses a standardized series of textbooks, with Scratch being taught starting from Grade 4. If Scratch undergoes major changes, it creates a logistical nightmare. Re-publishing these books involves massive costs—from re-authoring the content to capturing new UI screenshots. Because this curriculum is mirrored in many other regions, the cost and effort of updating everything are simply prohibitive.

Even if it takes a long time to update these textbooks, the editor will not be changed, so there won't be a problem, at least until 4.0.

Last edited by CuteRobot22 (April 28, 2026 14:39:46)

B06DAN3L2

gem1001 wrote:
draymondfu wrote:
looks pretty nice and smooth, could you do it to profiles and forums to see if they're still 2.0-styled?
There doesn't seem to be any code for either, but there is code for the account dropdown:

(My name is not Anthony Musk; that's just a placeholder name I came up with. It's a pun on the word ‘anonymous’)

Seems like Scratch is really investing into school accounts

CuteRobot22

B06DAN3L2 wrote:
gem1001 wrote:
draymondfu wrote:
looks pretty nice and smooth, could you do it to profiles and forums to see if they're still 2.0-styled?
There doesn't seem to be any code for either, but there is code for the account dropdown:

(My name is not Anthony Musk; that's just a placeholder name I came up with. It's a pun on the word ‘anonymous’)
Seems like Scratch is really investing into school accounts

What makes you say that, the “My Classes” button?

Iamthepro67

nice topic

bitmap_caketin

Why wouldn’t they confirm some things? Is it better, for some reason, to leave it ambiguous?

gem1001

B06DAN3L2 wrote:
gem1001 wrote:
draymondfu wrote:
looks pretty nice and smooth, could you do it to profiles and forums to see if they're still 2.0-styled?
There doesn't seem to be any code for either, but there is code for the account dropdown:

(My name is not Anthony Musk; that's just a placeholder name I came up with. It's a pun on the word ‘anonymous’)
Seems like Scratch is really investing into school accounts

It's from Scratch for Schools

CuteRobot22

gem1001 wrote:
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It's from Scratch for Schools

What was Scratch For Schools even for if teacher accounts exist on the main website? And it was so short lived.

shadow8737

It seems like it’s coming in the summer

ming736

scratch will be moving to scratch.org when NGP releases

CharPikMar

ming736 wrote:
scratch will be moving to scratch.org when NGP releases

Ok then, I will update the confirmations

CuteRobot22

ming736 wrote:
scratch will be moving to scratch.org when NGP releases

Interesting. As many Scratchers have already pointed out, this may interfere with Schools automatically unblocking Scratch (because it has the .edu domain). My School has Scratch.org unblocked so I think it's fine for me, but I can't say for sure for everyone

myscript423

ming736 wrote:
scratch will be moving to scratch.org when NGP releases

Yes! Scratch might be unblocked for one day at my school until IT realizes what happened!

CuteRobot22

CuteRobot22 wrote:
ming736 wrote:
scratch will be moving to scratch.org when NGP releases

Interesting. As many Scratchers have already pointed out, this may interfere with Schools automatically unblocking Scratch (because it has the .edu domain). My School has Scratch.org unblocked so I think it's fine for me, but I can't say for sure for everyone

Nevermind, scratch.org is blocked! frick

mingo-gag

CuteRobot22 wrote:
Nevermind, scratch.org is blocked! frick

Not blocked for me, I sure hope Scratch Foundation will give a public announcement (because I doubt anyone even knows about it besides us) that they will be switching over to that domain so that way the districts who have scratch.mit.edu unblocked but scratch.org blocked to unblock it. (if you know what I mean)

Last edited by mingo-gag (April 28, 2026 23:23:00)

plum_the_fox

mingo-gag wrote:
CuteRobot22 wrote:
Nevermind, scratch.org is blocked! frick
Not blocked for me, I sure hope Scratch Foundation will give a public announcement (because I doubt anyone even knows about it besides us) that they will be switching over to that domain so that way the districts who have scratch.mit.edu unblocked but scratch.org blocked to unblock it. (if you know what I mean)

wait their moving domains?

mingo-gag

plum_the_fox wrote:
wait their moving domains?

yes

plum_the_fox

mingo-gag wrote:
plum_the_fox wrote:
wait their moving domains?
yes

who knew… sure hope scratch on google would lead to the new domain
edit: does this mean scratch would be easier to make mods for?

Last edited by plum_the_fox (April 28, 2026 23:29:38)

CuteRobot22

plum_the_fox wrote:
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does this mean scratch would be easier to make mods for?

moving domains has nothing to do with mods

Last edited by CuteRobot22 (April 28, 2026 23:41:56)

p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-p-

bitmap_caketin wrote:
Why wouldn’t they confirm some things? Is it better, for some reason, to leave it ambiguous?

It is likely that they’re not done yet for some reason or another, or they just are not looking for community feedback. In the past when they’ve announced things before they come (like the color change to purple), all it did was create controversy and complaints. Nowadays people have adjusted to it (although i personally still prefer the blue!!) and retrospectively, there was not much need for the level of outcry that there was at the time. I do feel like they have learned their lesson from this, and by waiting to reveal things, there is less time for people to complain before actually going hands on with the NGP.

ming736 wrote:
scratch will be moving to scratch.org when NGP releases

Quite surprising. I was definitely not expecting this

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