Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:03:14 11/29/01
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On November 29, 2001 at 16:38:41, John Merlino wrote: >On November 29, 2001 at 13:55:40, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>Sorry if I missed them, John, but do you have any results or statistics on the >>results of the Chessmaster survey you posted awhile back? > >I didn't get very much useful data because only 24 people responded, and most of >the answers were either almost unanimous (and unsurprising) or completely >random. The main surprises were: > >1) Only a small percentage of even "hard-core" computer chess enthusiasts have >ever used the opening book editor. > >2) Nobody has ever changed the "wallpaper" in the room, and many people did not >even know that it could be done. > >3) Almost everybody uses the 2D Black and White Figurine piece set (the same one >that I use). > >That's really about it. Not much of use, except as, perhaps, an amusement. > >jm Well, the latter two items kind of tell you that things like 3D graphics and fancy color/wallpaper schemes aren't the types of things serious chess players are interested in. I'll say again that it would be nice to have a stripped-down version without all that stuff, but with things for serious players (WinBoard engine version not requiring daily code, ChessBase engine, CD-ROM not needed every time, etc.).
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