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Subject: Re: Fritz 6 Problems

Author: pete

Date: 11:01:20 06/02/00

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On June 02, 2000 at 13:50:11, Robert Smith wrote:

>  I just installed Fritz 6 on my computer a short while ago, and I must say I
>can't find anything I like about it.  I don't know what was so wrong with Fritz
>5.32 that they had to do this to it.  Among other things:
>
>  1.  The chatter is horrible and I can't find a way to shut it up.  When I
>clicked on Chatter, it downsized the board, but the chatter remained.

Try => extras => options => multimedia ; there you can disable it .



>  2.  The simple, user-friendly database of Fritz 5 has been replaced by one
>with a bunch of indecipherable symbols.  What was wrong with the old SAVE,
>REPLACE, LOAD, etc. buttons?

Try => windows => database then you will be in the database area and have pretty
much your usual buttons . When you want to escape simply close this window .

>  3.  No buttons at the bottom of the screen.  Instead, you get a bunch of
>symbols at the top.

You might need a little time to get used to it ; the good thing is that
everything you need in a game is covered there so you don't need the pulldown
menus .
>
>  In short, everything is different and nothing represents any sort of
>improvement over Fritz 5.32, except (I hope) a stronger engine.  Of course,
>these are just my first impressions, but if I can't figure Fritz 6 out, I'm
>going to have to send it back to ICD and go back to using Fritz 5.32.

This was also my impression when I changed from NT 3.51 to 4.0 which was a
rather similar change ; it isn't all bad after all though .



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