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Subject: Re: CM9000 suggestions for John Merlino

Author: Lyn Harper

Date: 22:16:04 02/14/02

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On February 14, 2002 at 18:07:40, Mike S. wrote:

>Will CM9000 have a "book-like" notation display, including comments and variants
>visible and clickable at the same time, as known from *most other
>chessprograms*?
>
>I think this would really be a big usability improvement over the old 2 columns
>move list, which just isn't competitive.
>
>It may be that not many CM users are requesting that, but if this is so, I
>suspect that is because many CM users (out of the expert's range) just don't
>know the advantages of that notation display.
>
>It may sound like a minor detail compared to all the engine & settings stuff
>etc., but actually I think this is crucial for the CM GUI. I can't imagine that
>a majority would disagree about that. 2 columns move list is for the museum,
>"book-like" notation is strongly required IMO, *now*.
>
>Regards,
>M.Scheidl
     Maybe the transposition tables could be upped to 128mb? Perhaps
  this would'nt result in stronger play, but better endgame analysis.



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