Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 00:39:50 10/23/98
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On October 22, 1998 at 23:30:31, Robert Hyatt wrote: >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) I have always used "o" for black pawns and "P" for white pawns. My text board looks like this: 8 . . . . . . . . 7 . . . . . B o . 6 . . . . P . . . 5 . . . . . . o P 4 . b . k . P . . 3 . . . . . K . . 2 . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . a b c d e f g h This seems clear to me, but I can't tell if that is because I am used to it now. Andrew Williams
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