Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 11:00:54 05/16/02
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On May 15, 2002 at 23:48:24, James T. Walker wrote: >On May 15, 2002 at 15:49:01, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On May 15, 2002 at 08:17:54, James T. Walker wrote: >> >>>I hate the new Chessbase GUI >>>because it has so many bugs. >> >> >>James, >> >>Could you please list the bugs you know of? > >Why? Do you use it? If you do then you should see them unless you are not >concerned about how well it works. I gave Chessbase a list of 9 problems I saw >the first 30 minutes I used the GUI. They have fixed none of them that I know >of. Some of the problems go back to Fritz 5.32 GUI that they did not fix. >Since I was forced to use the new GUI the last 2 days to see if Junior 7 GUI was >causing me problems I have noticed a couple of more bugs. I have given up on >Chessbase fixing anything. They simply seem uninterested in >auto232/database/GUI functions that don't work properly. It appears they are >mostly interested in making the Chess Server side work though. >The latest bug I have noticed is the GUI now claims victory on time when running >auto232 games. This is a mistake since there is no program like used on the >Servers to account for delay. So if Shredder Classic runs out of time when >playing Fritz 7 according to the Fritz 7 clock (not the Shredder Clock) the game >ends and Fritz 7 claims a win. Everyone knows that time is lost in auto232 >matches so without some program to account for time lag you cannot use your own >clock to claim a time loss by your opponent. Previous versions of Chessbase >GUIs did not do it and the new ones should not do it either. >Maybe I'm just a nitpicker! >Jim The reason I asked for the list is this: I am thinking of purchasing several of the programs that use the new GUI and I too am a nitpicker. I would like to ask Chessbase about these issues BEFORE I buy. The one person I have spoken to at CB feels that the company comes under unfair criticism. I would like to have a list of specific unfixed bugs in case I talk to that person again. I'm especially interested in any GUI bugs beyond those related to auto232/Winboard support (because CB will probably claim that auto232 and Winboard are low priority areas).
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