Author: Roy Eassa
Date: 13:01:15 11/28/02
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On November 27, 2002 at 17:56:31, Mike Byrne wrote: >On November 27, 2002 at 16:42:03, James Constance wrote: > >>Where's the message that listed some of the shortcomings of the initial release? >> The program seems pretty good to me. > >The recent upgrade fix some of the problems with analysis function > >The issues are: > >1. No Pgn support. Without PGN support - there is no easy way to get your game >onto your PC for more in-depth analysis. A major shortcoming IMO. >2. Does not remember the game position if you switch to another app and >comeback. I was told this would be fix in the next upgrade. A major annoyance >feature. >3. Has an annoying nag screen to "save settings" when switching to another app. >I was told this would be removed in the next upgrade. In additon, it will >automatically remember settings. >4. The default personality has pondering on. For a palm, I don't think this >proper - because with pondering on and on battery - you will not get much more >than 2 hour usage. The default should be pondering off. With pondering off, >you can easily get 6 hours playing chess with your Palm. Since it doesn't >remember settings - you are always fidding with the commands and spending less >time playing. >5. Re-read the last sentence in Point 4. You spend a lot more time fidding >with the controls in Chessmaster than in Tiger or Genius - are you buying it to >play chess or you buying it to fiddle with the commands? If it is the former >Tiger and Genius win hands down. >6. I do get fatal error messages when in the tournament mode. A fatal error >message in tournament mode is FATAL tp your tournament. You lose the whole >tournament and your back to square one and fiddling with the commands again. >NOT FUN! >7. Overall - a very frustrating program to play with is my assessment. >Although it does have entertainmaint potential if they can make it run >smoother, more stable and more user friendly. It's not there yet. > >#1 Tiger >#2 Genius > > >Mike Also, CM for Palm displays 2 tiny boards at the top of the screen on Sony Clie 320x320 models. I.e., its display is totally screwed up on those popular models.
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