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Subject: Re: 3D-boards in chessprograms - a message to all you chessprogrammers

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 14:16:46 06/01/00

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On June 01, 2000 at 17:14:41, KarinsDad wrote:

>On June 01, 2000 at 16:14:54, Dann Corbit wrote:
>
>>Better yet, can the ugly 3-D boards altogether and just use the Winboard design.
>>It's much better than any 3-D board design ever.
>>
>>I prefer the Winboard interface to the real thing, as pieces don't get in the
>>way, and the wrong angle won't cause problems.
>>
>>Besides which, in real life, our head does not sit still as we play.  We move it
>>a bit and see the board from different angles.  You can't do that with a
>>computer display (without some funky "virtual reality" setup).
>
>
>How about a way to change the board view angle with the mouse (while holding
>down the right mouse button for example)? It wouldn't seem to make much of a
>difference between changing the position of your head and changing the position
>of the mouse?

Does not matter.  I already like Winboard better than the real thing.  Even if
it could somehow perfectly mirror my own behavior, I still like a 2-D board
better.



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