Author: Georg v. Zimmermann
Date: 11:37:57 06/17/00
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Regarding Freak Interface : From what a friend of the Freak author told me he will put it on http://www.chessfreak.com somtime in the future. But as long as this site is still under construction, you can get Freak from my webpage at http://www.d2d4.de/thief.asp Sincerely, Georg v. Zimmermann On June 14, 2000 at 18:05:47, Torstein Hall wrote: >On June 14, 2000 at 13:51:13, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: > >>On June 14, 2000 at 09:50:42, Torstein Hall wrote: >> >>>On June 14, 2000 at 04:12:50, Georg v. Zimmermann wrote: >>> >>>>>>Hi, >>>>>> >>>>>>Freak is at least 2 years "old", Thief more than a year. I know the Thief >>>>>>address by had, since I'm co-author :) http://www.d2d4.de/thief.asp >>>>>> >>>>>>For Freak look in the download section of the freechess.org webpage, it says you >>>>>>can get it at http://www.netti.fi/~freak ... Freak simply looks WAY better than >>>>>>Blitzin. >>>>> >>>>>I'm trying out Thief. So far it seems to be an improvement over CClient that I >>>>>have been using. Nice work! >>>> >>>>Thx >>>> >>>>>An attempt to visit the Freak download page was greeted by "HTTP Error 403 - >>>>>Forbidden". >>>> >>>>:-( I mailed the author about it. I'll tell you when the site is up again. >>> >>>I like the seek graph of Blitzin a lot. Makes it extremely easy to find an >>>oponent. Is that option in Freak or Thief? >>> >>>Torstein >> >>Freak has that feature and is generally very user-friendly. >> >>Thief is more a "power-user" client with many options no one needs and the rest >>text-based :). >> >>CClient has a seek graph as well and very helpfull lists, but you need to change >>the board setting, the default is ugly. >> >> >>I havn't heared from the Freak author so far. If I don't get a mail soon I'll >>put his program on an ftp somewhere, cause I really think many people would like >>it if they tried. >> >>Georg :) > >I had a look at CClient some time ago and found it apaling. Clumsy cluttered >screens, not following normal window inside window standards, ugly board, etc. >etc. I actually prefered Winboard but found it lacking in powerfeatures like >seekgraph and notify lists But I'm looking forward to someone giving me a link >to Freak. ( Perhaps I will do a FTP search for it, but it will have to wait for >me moving to a new PC. ) > >Torstein
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