ScratchAddons
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ScratchAddons
An addon to indicate when Cloud variables are being used
Why this would be helpful/solve a problem
Sometimes you want to know if and when a project is using a Cloud variable. You could use this on your projects for things like debugging, and on other projects if you just wanna know.
What this addon does
This addon would display a ☁ symbol next to the full screen control button for a few seconds whenever the project sets a Cloud variable to anything.
(I've had something like this built into each of my newer Scratch projects for a while now because I wanted to indicate to everyone exactly when I was collecting usage data.)
Possible alternatives
Not that I know of.
Demonstration(s) and additional context
Is that really needed, though? Is someone wants to avoid this, all they need to do for certain data is put "wait (pick random (x) to (y) seconds)". What's the point?
Maybe the status could be shown on the cloud variable badge on the project page.
Additionally, "debugger" addon could log variable changes.
That's different, though. Besides, cloud variables are disabled in the editor, so how would that work?
Besides, cloud variables are disabled in the editor, so how would that work?
Not on your own projects.
Additionally, "debugger" addon could log variable changes.
They want this for privacy reasons, not for debugging.
Besides, cloud variables are disabled in the editor, so how would that work?
Not on your own projects.
Do you really need to know when your own project is uploading data, though?
They want this for privacy reasons, not for debugging.
Right, I went a bit off-topic, sorry