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Subject: Re: century 3

Author: G. R. Morton

Date: 17:24:16 01/02/01

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On January 02, 2001 at 17:23:10, Torstein Hall wrote:

>On January 02, 2001 at 17:14:32, John Dahlem wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2001 at 16:57:54, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On January 02, 2001 at 16:41:00, John Dahlem wrote:
>>>
>>>>I keep reading that this is an inferior program because it is DOS. But it runs
>>>>in windows, so what is the problem?  Is it slower in Windows?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Just a few things off the top:
>>>
>>>1. Doesn't use long filenames.
>>>2. Doesn't share clipboard (copy, paste)
>>>3. Doesn't use standard techniques for moving/resizing windows and other GUI
>>>techniques.
>>>
>>>Feel free to add more.
>>
>>
>>But the actual playing strength then is not affected, only the ease of use,
>>right?
>
>If you take the time to learn it, the interface is pretty good! The looks of C3
>are not up to the MS Windows standards, but it has loads of possibilities. You
>can pretty much configure the interface the way you like it. And in fact its one
>of the chessprograms I like most to play with.
>
>Torstein

I agree. In fact I like very much its (and Rebel's) interface potential: I have
mine set up with 12 hot buttons giving me 4 (clip boards <---> board), favorite
time sets, playing strenths, write to pgn file, player-player mode, enter
database, etc, all instantly able to go back & forth with.  Tiger13 should have
such an easy to set up & use interface.  I miss some of the windows potential of
the superb Junior interface, but not much.
I only wish its playing strength and positional judgment, though certainly good,
were as good as I had originally hoped, but then it is SSDF rated 2520 with a
fine playing style - not shabby.



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