Author: Elizabeth Schwartz
Date: 11:37:07 02/15/01
I'm a chess beginner and one of the reasons I bought Chessmaster 8000 was to use the tutorials. However, I am finding the interface hard to deal with. A few hopefully simple improvements would make a HUGE difference in useability: 1) The tutorials are unuseable without sound. There is not enough time to both read the text and study the board!!! There should be a way to step through each page of text. This would also be helpful with the sound *on* - there should be a way to pause any screen before continuing. Some of us need more thinking time than others! (I am running Windows NT on a Compaq Armada - I finally did find a better sound driver on the chipset makers board - before that the sound was unusable in this game. Compaq was no help) 2) No way to bookmark tutorials. I have been told that the program is supposed to remember my place, but it is not. I have to start at the beginning each time, very painful when a tutorial has more than a few dozen sections! 3) Very confusing chessboard selection. I have not yet found a way to select a chessboard and pieces that are both the right size and easy to see. There ought to be a "master" window that allows all the chess boards and pieces to be selected from at once, at least as an expert option. 4) On Windows NT, I still have no simple or thematic sounds. I have checked the control panel settings and upgraded my sound card drivers and have no other sound issues at this time. I really hope it is possible to improve the navigation on the tutorials. There is a *tremendous* wealth of material there, and it should be fully accessible! thanks Betsy
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