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

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 14:14:41 06/01/00

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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?

KarinsDad :)



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