Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 14:46:55 11/23/02
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On November 22, 2002 at 13:25:53, Christophe Theron wrote: >On November 21, 2002 at 11:07:22, Roy Eassa wrote: > >>On November 21, 2002 at 10:58:36, Christophe Theron wrote: >> >>>On November 21, 2002 at 03:41:38, Chris Lee wrote: >>> >>>>Is there a good program for practicing and/or setting up tactics training >>>>exercises on the palm? >>>> >>>>I have pocket chess deluxe, whose desktop companion piece looked to be just the >>>>ticket, but it doesn't have a function to set up a board into a position and >>>>then save it, just enter games from the start position. >>>> >>>>I am using a tactics study method using hundreds of tactics problems and it >>>>would really help me to be able to do these on the palm. I can enter them >>>>myself, but I need the right software! Also, any leads on ready to use >>>>tactics/training items for the palm would be great... >>> >>> >>> >>>Chess Tiger for Palm allows you to import PGN (games) and EPD (positions) from >>>your PC/Mac. >>> >>>You can also set up the positions directly on the handheld and save them. >>> >>>If you import EPD files, you must import them one position at a time. You can do >>>it on your PC/Mac by pasting the positions into the MemoPad section of your Palm >>>Desktop Application. Easy. >>> >>>Oh, and it has a really strong chess engine (MUCH stronger than Pocket Chess, >>>"deluxe" or not). >>> >>>Chess Tiger for Palm is here: http://www.chesstiger.com >>> >>> Christophe >> >> >>One more thing about setting up positions in Chess Tiger for Palm: it's a >>pleasure to do compared to setting up positions in some other programs (Palm and >>otherwise). It lets the user drop pieces from a palette (as do all programs) >>*AND* it also lets the user drag pieces around on the setup board (including >>dragging them off the board to remove them). > > > >I'm glad you noticed it! > >If only one person (you) has noticed it, well it was worth the two days I spent >on it! > > > > Christophe You did a GREAT job. I always notice little usability issues like that. I would hope that anybody who has set up positions in your program and in other programs would notice and appreciate the difference.
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