Author: Peter Berger
Date: 07:32:56 11/12/03
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On November 12, 2003 at 10:05:37, Ingo Bauer wrote: >Hi > >>Winboard is at least 10 years old and a reliable graphical interface thanks to >>Tim Mann. > >But have a lock at the "lock"! WinBoard is nice and clean (OK, you better change the board colours to sth else :) ). > >>Arena is too young and still in beta version. I've noticed a stupid bug in >>'sound' -> 'click' which has not been removed yet. > >Sorry but right at the moment I try to find the comparable functions in WB. >Could you please point out where to find the sound functions, tournaments, easy >ICC config, loading and unloading engines during a run ... All this can be done in WinBoard, except loading and unloading engines during a run which is indeed a very useful feature - most of WinBoards functions are easy if you know how to do it, and sometimes difficult if you don't. The discussion is a bit silly as we are discussing personal taste here, it's no surprise that people disagree. WinBoard is still my favourite interface for many purposes. What I like most is that it's very reliable, and it's unlikely that new bugs will be discovered. I found Arena hard to understand and use myself because of the huge amount of features - things were tough to find for me, and there are still too many changes for my taste, maybe I am old-fashioned. And when I look for fancy features, I already own some commercial programs. It is obvious that Arena will some day replace WinBoard in case there is no further development of WB as Arena is improving fast. But with this version I appreciated the setup options very much that allowed to only get the engines :) - I'll probably be a late adapter. Greetings, Peter PS: Could you send me an email please, Ingo? It seems I lost your adress.
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