Merge pull request #2020 from cycomachead/master

Fix the MOTD feature.

.gitignore

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 .DS_Store
 *.swp
 .tern-port
+motd.txt

gui.js

@@ -310,21 +310,6 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.openIn = function (world) {
 
     this.reactToWorldResize(world.bounds);
 
-    function getURL(url) {
-        try {
-            var request = new XMLHttpRequest();
-            request.open('GET', url, false);
-            request.send();
-            if (request.status === 200) {
-                return request.responseText;
-            }
-            throw new Error('unable to retrieve ' + url);
-        } catch (err) {
-            myself.showMessage('unable to retrieve project');
-            return '';
-        }
-    }
-
     function applyFlags(dict) {
         if (dict.embedMode) {
             myself.setEmbedMode();
@@ -347,14 +332,11 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.openIn = function (world) {
     }
 
     // dynamic notifications from non-source text files
-    // has some issues, commented out for now
-    /*
-    this.cloudMsg = getURL('http://snap.berkeley.edu/cloudmsg.txt');
-    motd = getURL('http://snap.berkeley.edu/motd.txt');
-    if (motd) {
-        this.inform('Snap!', motd);
-    }
-    */
+    this.getURL('motd.txt', function (text, request) {
+        if (text && request.status == 200) {
+            this.inform('Snap!', text);
+        }
+    });
 
     function interpretUrlAnchors() {
         var dict, idx;
@@ -5576,7 +5558,8 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.getURL = function (url, callback) {
                     if (request.responseText) {
                         callback.call(
                             myself,
-                            request.responseText
+                            request.responseText,
+                            request
                         );
                     } else {
                         throw new Error('unable to retrieve ' + url);
@@ -5592,6 +5575,7 @@ IDE_Morph.prototype.getURL = function (url, callback) {
             throw new Error('unable to retrieve ' + url);
         }
     } catch (err) {
+        alert('CATCHING ERROR', err)
         myself.showMessage(err.toString());
         if (async) {
             callback.call(this);