Author: Mike Hood
Date: 03:40:49 09/15/03
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On September 14, 2003 at 22:13:25, Bob Durrett wrote: >On September 14, 2003 at 18:10:14, Mike Hood wrote: > >>On September 13, 2003 at 21:30:52, Bob Durrett wrote: >> >>>On September 13, 2003 at 18:08:17, Mike Hood wrote: >>> >>>>On September 12, 2003 at 11:53:18, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >>>> >>>>>On September 12, 2003 at 10:08:29, Mike Hood wrote: >>>>> >>>>>>So why not incorporate the last remaining features of >>>>>>Chessbase 8 into Fritz 9, add forget about ever updating Chessbase? >>>>>> >>>>>>Comments welcome..... >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>Do you own ChessBase 8? Can you compare it to the Fritz GUI database >>>>>possibilites? What are those "last remaining features of ChessBase" in your >>>>>opinion? >>>>> >>>>>J. >>>> >>>>I do own Chessbase 8, but I never use it, because everything I need is possible >>>>with Fritz. All that occurs to me at the moment that Chessbase offers extra is: >>>> >>>>* automated database updates of the newest games from the TWIC website >>>>* better sorting/filtering capabilities >>>>* creating database keys to speed up the search of large databases >>>> >>>>There might be more, but that's all I can think of. It's hardly worth the >>>>existence of Chessbase as a distinct product. It's not a matter of Chessbase not >>>>being good enough, the problem is that Fritz is too good! >>> >>>Different people use computer programs for different things. If the things you >>>would use chess database management software do not require a powerful database >>>manager then that's perfectly OK. >>> >>>There are many other people who use MANY of the features of chess database >>>management programs. They are the ones who need this sophisticated software [or >>>it's competitor]. >>> >>>Obviously. >>> >>>Bob D. >> >>Point taken... but exactly what ARE these chess database management features >>that Chessbase has but Fritz doesn't? > >There are many. Here is an example: Try to sort a game collection. In CB8, in >the drop-down view menu, there is a sort option. CB8 allows you to sort the >list in many different ways. Once sorted, the game collection can then be >copied into an empty database and the sort order will be retained in the new >database even after CB8 is shut down. > >In the Fritz GUI, there is no equivalent capability. [No sort under view.] > >That is a trivial example, but there are hundreds of such "trivial" examples. >They add up. > >Bob D. Thanks, Bob. I already knew this example. I played around with Chessbase 8 for a while after I first received it, comparing it with Fritz 7 (the newest version of Fritz at the time). I don't deny that Chessbase has useful features that are missing in Fritz's database management. My question is: is there any reason why all these features shouldn't be built into Fritz 9?
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