In Scratch 2.0 and older versions, the

start sound [ v] :: sound

block was named “play sound”. Also, its counterpart,

play sound [ v] until done

has always been named that way. Why though?
My suggestion is to rename the Start Sound block to its previous name to teem consistency and for historical reasons. What do you think?

Sorry, no support. Scratch is a programming language that should be easy for beginners.
The “play sound” block can make people think that it finishes working when the sound is over. Plus, the name is very similar to the “play sound until done” block, which again leads to confusion. For example, I started using Scratch when it was still 2.0 and I always mixed those two blocks. Now it's obvious that the first one just starts the sound, and the second one plays it until done. I understand that some people can't get used to some of the new blocks, but over time everything changes and we need to try and accept the changes.

Thanks for your suggestion, have a nice day.

the same as they said before

ColourfulPixels wrote:

Sorry, no support. Scratch is a programming language that should be easy for beginners.
The “play sound” block can make people think that it finishes working when the sound is over. Plus, the name is very similar to the “play sound until done” block, which again leads to confusion. For example, I started using Scratch when it was still 2.0 and I always mixed those two blocks. Now it's obvious that the first one just starts the sound, and the second one plays it until done. I understand that some people can't get used to some of the new blocks, but over time everything changes and we need to try and accept the changes.

Thanks for your suggestion, have a nice day.

What about these minimal pairs?

broadcast [ v]
broadcast [ v] and wait

if <> then

end
if <> then 

  

else

end

([x position v] of [Sprite1 v])
([sqrt v] of (9))

No support, it explains more about the block when it says “start”, because it's showing that it will start the sound, but it never said it would play the whole sound. The “play until done” block is called play until done because it plays the sound, and stops when it's done.

No support, I don't really think it would help too much. Plus, I don't see anybody who's actually confused by this.

AlfabetonsOfficial wrote:

ColourfulPixels wrote:

Sorry, no support. Scratch is a programming language that should be easy for beginners.
The “play sound” block can make people think that it finishes working when the sound is over. Plus, the name is very similar to the “play sound until done” block, which again leads to confusion. For example, I started using Scratch when it was still 2.0 and I always mixed those two blocks. Now it's obvious that the first one just starts the sound, and the second one plays it until done. I understand that some people can't get used to some of the new blocks, but over time everything changes and we need to try and accept the changes.

Thanks for your suggestion, have a nice day.

What about these minimal pairs?

broadcast [ v]
broadcast [ v] and wait

if <> then

end
if <> then 

  

else

end

([x position v] of [Sprite1 v])
([sqrt v] of (9))

If you have more suggestions, please create another topic for them.

ColourfulPixels wrote:

AlfabetonsOfficial wrote:

ColourfulPixels wrote:

Sorry, no support. Scratch is a programming language that should be easy for beginners.
The “play sound” block can make people think that it finishes working when the sound is over. Plus, the name is very similar to the “play sound until done” block, which again leads to confusion. For example, I started using Scratch when it was still 2.0 and I always mixed those two blocks. Now it's obvious that the first one just starts the sound, and the second one plays it until done. I understand that some people can't get used to some of the new blocks, but over time everything changes and we need to try and accept the changes.

Thanks for your suggestion, have a nice day.

What about these minimal pairs?

broadcast [ v]
broadcast [ v] and wait

if <> then

end
if <> then 

  

else

end

([x position v] of [Sprite1 v])
([sqrt v] of (9))

If you have more suggestions, please create another topic for them.

No. I'm asking if with your logic, those blocks should be renamed because the

play sound [ v]

block was renamed, and would people get confused?

AlfabetonsOfficial wrote:

No. I'm asking if with your logic, those blocks should be renamed because the

play sound [ v]

block was renamed, and would people get confused?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean, can you please tell how exactly those blocks should be renamed?

ColourfulPixels wrote:

AlfabetonsOfficial wrote:

No. I'm asking if with your logic, those blocks should be renamed because the

play sound [ v]

block was renamed, and would people get confused?

Sorry, I don't understand what you mean, can you please tell how exactly those blocks should be renamed?

You said that the

play sound [ v]

and

play sound [ v] until done

both have “play sound” at the beginning, so that would cause confusion, according to you.

No support, this can cause some confusion.

No support, it would be confusing

mrcreatorluigi wrote:

No support, this can cause some confusion.

Buhron8312480 wrote:

No support, it would be confusing

It wasn't confusing in Scratch 1.x and 2.0 when it was named that way?

AlfabetonsOfficial wrote:

mrcreatorluigi wrote:

No support, this can cause some confusion.

Buhron8312480 wrote:

No support, it would be confusing

It wasn't confusing in Scratch 1.x and 2.0 when it was named that way?

To many people, it was.

dhuls wrote:

AlfabetonsOfficial wrote:

mrcreatorluigi wrote:

No support, this can cause some confusion.

Buhron8312480 wrote:

No support, it would be confusing

It wasn't confusing in Scratch 1.x and 2.0 when it was named that way?

To many people, it was.

Then were these confusing?

I wrote:

What about these minimal pairs?

broadcast [ v]
broadcast [ v] and wait

if <> then

end
if <> then 

  

else

end

([x position v] of [Sprite1 v])
([sqrt v] of (9))

No support, the block “start sound” describes accurately what it does, and the block “play sound until done” also explains very well what it does. They don't have to match, because they have different uses. With this logic, all blocks should be renamed to “block”, because it's true, and it would make them all more consistent.

ScolderCreations wrote:

No support, the block “start sound” describes accurately what it does, and the block “play sound until done” also explains very well what it does. They don't have to match, because they have different uses. With this logic, all blocks should be renamed to “block”, because it's true, and it would make them all more consistent.

But in Scratch 2.0, it was named “Play Sound”. If every block were named “Block', then nobody would know what anything does anymore. However, if we renamed ”Start Sound“ to ”Play Sound", a lot of scratchers would see the difference, making it not confusing.

The way the block is currently is not confusing at all, it explains exactly what it does. It starts a sound, it doesn't play the sound.

Sorry, no support. Personally, I find the ‘start sound’ block easier to use, because the name describes what the block does: start playing the sound.