• New Features:
  • the "tools" library has been integrated as primitives
  • export 1- /2- dimensional lists with atomic data as CSV
  • export n-dimensional lists with atomic data as JSON
  • import CSV, Text, or JSON via drag & drop
  • option to import CSV etc. as "raw data", i.e. unparsed
  • parse JSON using the SPLIT reporter
  • new "aspect AT location" reporter in Sensing category for sniffing colors and sprites
  • new blocks for setting and changing the stage's background color
  • new "microphone" reporter in Sensing for getting volume, note, pitch signals and frequencies
  • new experimental live audio-scripting support
  • new video capturing and video-motion detection support, thanks, Josep!
  • new "object" reporter in the Sensing category for getting a sprite by its name
  • blocks for changing and querying the "flat line ends" setting
  • selectors for changing and querying "draggable" and "rotation style" settings
  • new sound + music "volume" feature + blocks
  • new sound + music stereo "panning" feature + blocks
  • new sound attribute getter reporter
  • new "play sound at sample rate" command
  • accept lists and lists of lists as inputs to all sound primitives
  • new "play frequency" commands in the Sounds category
  • pixel access primitives for bitmap and vector (!) graphics
  • new "stretch" primitive for costumes, also for flipping
  • new "get graphic effect" reporter
  • new "get pen attribute" reporter
  • new "pen down?" predicate
  • new "shown?" predicate
  • new "write" command in pen category (used to be "label" in tools)
  • new "numbers", "is empty", "map","keep", "find", "combine" and "for each" primitives in list category
  • 2 optional formal inputs for rings in MAP, KEEP, FIND, COMBINE: index and source list
  • new JIT-compiler "blitz-HOF" primitives for "map", "keep", "find" & "combine" via "compile"
  • new "for" loop and "if then else" reporter primitives in the Control category
  • added "neg", "lg" (log2) and "2^" selectors to monadic function reporter in Operators
  • added "^" reporter (power of) in the Operators category
  • added "width" and "height" to the MY blocks dropdown
  • added "width" and "height" as attribute selectors of the OF primitive
  • added "costume" selector to the MY attributes dropdown
  • added plus (+) and minus (-) keys to sensing and key hat
  • special context-aware drop-downs for custom blocks
  • new "stick to" submenu in the sprite context menu where applicable
  • multi-line and monospaced "code" input slots for custom blocks
  • new "string" library, thanks, Brian
  • new "text costumes" library for generating costumes from letters or words of text
  • new "World Map" extension and library for interactive maps
  • graphic effects and sound attributes can now be animated with easing functions
  • enhanced support for embedding Snap in other website, thanks, Bernat!
  • export sounds
• Notable Changes:
  • added third hsv dimension to pen colors, changed SET and CHANGE pen blocks
  • added transparency (alpha) to pen colors
  • new drop-down options for sprite-layer control ("GO TO front/back")
  • "loop arrow" symbol for primitive loops, also available for custom blocks
  • optimized in-project storage of atomic-data lists (more efficient, less space)
  • remove all clones when the Green Flag is clicked
  • adjust bottom of STOP block to reflect the menu selection (show / hide bottom notch)
  • enable dropping commands into all rings
  • colors in the vector editor are now named "Edge color" and "Fill color", thanks, Brian!
  • renamed "whitespace" option in SPLIT to "word"
  • made the "name" attribute programmatically settable
  • made the "temporary?" attribute readable
  • deprecated storing projects in the browser's localStorage
  • deprecated some (useless) graphic effects
  • additional "publish / unpublish" buttons in the project dialog
  • buttons for saving & loading projects to disk in the project dialog
  • more language options for the Text2Speech library, thanks Joan!
• Notable Fixes:
  • predicates inside generic WHEN hat blocks can now pass upvars
  • eliminated "clicks" when playing music notes
  • "relabel" blocks with translated drop-down choices
  • transforming arrayed to linked lists without losing the last element
  • using "inherit" no longer un-hides the palette in presentation mode
  • relabelling custom blocks with empty numerical input slots no longer fills in zeroes
  • the language menu now has a "globe" icon (so it can be found in any language)
  • accept a number as input for a sound - interpret as index
  • fixed many costume sizes, thanks, Brian!
• Translation Updates:
  • Chinese, thanks, Simon!
  • Turkish, thanks, Turgut!
  • Indonesian, thanks, Emanuella!
  • Greek, thanks, Alexandros!
  • Catalan, thanks, Joan!
  • Portuguese, thanks, Manuel!
  • Spanish
  • German
  • French