Author: Vincent Diepeveen
Date: 04:37:06 11/24/98
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On November 24, 1998 at 02:32:34, Bruce Moreland wrote: > >On November 24, 1998 at 00:35:54, Mig wrote: > >>While trying out different programs to get an overview for an article on >>computer chess for a newspaper I found several popular programs are still using >>DOS and still look as ugly as they did 15 years ago. >> >>In particular I was appalled by Rebel 10, one of the top programs out there by >>general consent. After using ChessBase 7.0 and relatives for so long I couldn't >>believe my eyes. The board and pieces in Rebel 10 look worse than some of the >>klugy Java boards used for on-line viewing! (Maybe the guy's settings were >>wrong? He didn't think so.) >> >>I'm no fan of fancy 3-D boards or medieval pieces, etc., but really, I'm sure >>they could do better than that. Unless the program in question is dramatically >>stronger than the competition to compensate (it's not) I can't imagine using >>something that ugly regularly. (Not that I would anyway due to the lack of >>multi-tasking.) >> >>How big of a factor is this considered to be in the marketplace? Beauty is only >>skin deep, but there should be a minimum! > >Right now anybody who is still programming for DOS is flying in an airplane >that's in a steep dive. Everything is fine for now, people are comfortable, the >plane is still in the air, and it's actually going pretty fast, but the >situation is not tenable in the long term and many of the passengers are >starting to figure this out. > >I have been programming Windows applications since 1988, for the kind of stuff >we are doing it has always made sense, probably even then. > >Someone might score with a Linux app, and there will always be a few Mac users, >but Windows is the wave of the present. > >bruce Way to go bruce!
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