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  1. prettify code and/or autoindent closing brace

    THe processing IDE has a nice ctrl-t "line everything up". If that's too much, I guess most of the "auto tabbing" editors I use know to unindent one when I type }...

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    2 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    I agree that both ideas would definitely improve the editor. I’ll take a look at which would be easier to implement, and put that on my list. Much room for improvement in the editor right now…

  2. organisation by adding tags to sketches (like in openprocessing.org)

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    1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    Very useful. I’m adding it to my list. May take a while, but it’s on the list.

  3. add a votingsystem to sketches, so sketches could be ranked by popularity

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    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    I like the idea. I’m in the process of planning out a redesign of the lists of sketches in the Studio, and I’ll definitely keep this in mind as do that. Thanks!

  4. make giving feedback to sketch authors easy and prominent

    Looking for a way to share my compliments to the sketch authors/programmers but can't find it easily. If there is a way, then make it easy. If there isn't a way to leave comments, then provide one. thanks

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    under review  ·  0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →

  5. Use cleaner URLs

    Shorter URLs would be nice to send around. For example I find this quite long:
    http://studio.sketchpad.cc/sp/pad/view/dZJkbh0jLQ/latest
    Can't we have
    http://sketchpad.cc/dZJkbh0jLQ instead? :)

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    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    Thanks for this suggestion. I may use an external URL shortener to do this. If/when I set this up, I’ll definitely let you know!

  6. Server Reliabilty

    The server's performance has been iffy during peak times, and need improvement before other features are focused on.

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    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    I agree. This has been a sore point. My apologies.

  7. add ssl

    studio.sketchpad doesn't have SSL enabled, which is precarious for authentication with the site. Please enable SSL

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    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    I’d certainly like to do this. I’m not yet clear on how much work will be required for this codebase.

  8. ContextFree.js

    What if sketchpad could offer another drawing language ? ContextFree.js

    See http://azarask.in/projects/algorithm-ink for a demo.

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    1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    Thanks for the suggestion! I like the idea, and at some point may expand out to other visualization-oriented languages and packages. Raphaël ( http://raphaeljs.com/ ) might be another good candidate. For now, though, I’ll be sticking with Processing.

  9. ios 5 contentEditable

    IOS 5 supports contentEditable, yet the site blocks me off still. Am I wrong?

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    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    Thanks for the heads-up on this one. The editor does, in fact, now work in iOS5, but there are two issues remaining. Apparently scrolling doesn’t work in these contenteditable regions, which is unfortunate. Once I have a chance to sort this out, I’ll stop redirecting traffic from MobileSafari.
    Thanks!

  10. tab

    when multiple lines are selected and you press tab, the lines are erased ! I most IDE it indents the lines to the right (shift tab would left indent)

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    0 comments  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    This is a limitation of the underlying Etherpad editor, which wasn’t really built for writing code. Code-specific editing functionality is currently limited, and this is an area that is ripe for improvement.

  11. Make "My Sketches" under home tab editable

    If I go to the "home" tab and click one of my sketches, it's read only. I have the option to clone and modify it, but not edit it myself. Confusing!

    You should have it use the same URL that appear under the "your sketches" tab whenever the sketch owner is the same as the logged in user.

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    1 comment  ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Delete…  ·  Admin →
    under review  ·  AdminAri Bader-Natal (Admin, SketchPad) responded

    Sorry about the confusion. There is an “Edit Sketch” button to the left of the title of any sketch that you created, but this could be more clear. If you aren’t seeing this button on a sketch that should have it, send me the URL and I can try to debug. Thanks!

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