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Subject: Re: I forgot to mention

Author: Robin Smith

Date: 11:51:47 01/05/04

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On January 05, 2004 at 13:16:05, Albert Silver wrote:

>>although I also think:
>>1) The CB GUI is, as you mention below, more attractive. This is not a small
>>thing, the CA chess boards are not nearly as comfortable to look at for long
>>periods of time. Of course if you set it up and walk away this doesn't matter so
>>much.
>>2) The CB GUI is easier to learn. One example out of hundreds of easier to
>>learn...
>
>Please share another dozen from those hundreds.
>
>cutting a position to the clipboard in CB it is just the windows
>>standard, <ctrl> C, rather than the harder to remember <ctrl> \ of CA.
>
>Actually the correct default shortcut is Ctrl-Ins (this is a standard Windows
>shortcut BTW),

In CA when you switch from list mode to view mode, and are looking at a game,
crtl-ins does nothing with the clipboard. Only ctrl \ works. ctrl-ins only works
when you go through additional steps. Plus why does CA even have different ways
of cutting to the clipboard? More complexity and another example of harder to
learn.

>but you are welcome to change any shortcut you dislike, not to
>mention add your own, by going to the Tools menu and selecting "Record View
>Shortcuts...".

Right, more complexity that would not even be needed if they CA used the windows
standard.

>>3) The CB GUI is easier to navigate your way around, probably related to the
>>easier to learn part.
>
>Or related to the having less to offer part.
>                                        Albert



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