Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 20:30:31 10/22/98
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On October 22, 1998 at 22:29:22, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote: >On October 22, 1998 at 21:01:28, Fawna Bergstrom wrote: > >>It's great, I agree, except for the black pawns. They look just like the white >>pawns. Can anyone suggest an improvement? I'm stumped! > >the board we're discussing is: > >> Posted by Bruce Moreland on October 22, 1998 at 13:03:26: >> >> a b c d e f g h >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 8 | |///| |///| |///| |///| 8 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 7 |///| |///| |///| B |/p/| | 7 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 6 | |///| |///| P |///| |///| 6 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 5 |///| |///| |///| |/p/| P | 5 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 4 | |/b/| |/k/| |/P/| |///| 4 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 3 |///| |///| |///| K |///| | 3 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 2 | |///| |///| |///| |///| 2 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> 1 |///| |///| |///| |///| | 1 >> +---+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+ >> a b c d e f g h >> >> 8/5Bp1/4P3/6pP/1b1k1P2/5K2/8/8 w - - 0 1 > >Personally, while I agree the board above looks pleasant, >I find it hard to find the pieces. Most of the characters >above will be the same for any position, and I'm interested >in information particular to this position - I want the >positions of the pieces emphasized, and the pattern of the >board de-emphasized. In other words, I want a higher >"signal to noise ratio". > >I prefer the board at lower left - if you find that too spartan, >I offer the board at lower right, though I personally find the >row/column labels distractingly similar to the piece letters. > >------------------- ------------------- >| : - : - : - : - | 8 | : - : - : - : - | >| - : - : - B p : | 7 | - : - : - B p : | >| : - : - P - : - | 6 | : - : - P - : - | >| - : - : - : p P | 5 | - : - : - : p P | >| : b : k : P : - | or 4 | : b : k : P : - | >| - : - : - K - : | 3 | - : - : - K - : | >| : - : - : - : - | 2 | : - : - : - : - | >| - : - : - : - : | 1 | - : - : - : - : | >------------------- ------------------- > a b c d e f g h > >I like the diagram at left because: >- I can find the pieces without any problem > - nothing other than pieces remotely resemble pieces > - the non-piece markers are minimally intrusive >- I can follow the diagonals easily >- the "dark squares" are clarly dark > >I talked the author of the shareware Macintosh PGN reader, "PGNTalk" >into implementing this. The function "Edit: copy position as text" >produced the diagram at left. PGNTalk may be downloaded from: > >http://www.rjen.com/Macintosh/PGNTalk.html > Has the same problem as the other one with respect to pawns, however, as I can't visually detect Pp unless they are side by side and even then it is distracting. IE maybe "i" for black pawns (sorta looks right) and something else for white maybe... >Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com)
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