Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 14:19:36 04/06/04
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On April 06, 2004 at 17:07:42, Sune Fischer wrote: >>>Editing one line in the winboard ini-file is not rocket science, not even for >>>techno-phobes I think. >> >>It's just something 99.9% of the customers is not capable of doing. > >You're just making up numbers, the number is distorted because you never hear >complaints from those who succeed. > >>First of all they have *no clue* that they must modify it. > >It is possible they have no clue, but then they won't have much use for a chess >engine either. It goes hand in hand at some level. > >>>Arena can scan your harddrive for available engines, so all you have to do is >>>download them and unzip them. >> >>You still must find that button to do it and know it has that capability or it >>won't succeed. > >Of course, and if they can't they have much bigger problems anyway, like how to >find the "power on" switch :) > >Seriously. >You are expecting programmers to design software for users >*) who are scared of techno, True. >*) who can't install from a CD, They can install from a CD. >*) who doesn't know what a file is, They won't know what a file is >*) who can't browse a menu and They can use the Windows menu system in a primitive way. >*) who can't push buttons. They can click the mouse button. But they will easily become confused if they do not understand the question you are asking them and they have a choice. >Good luck writing software to these people, I give up on those. > >Luckly, I think we are dealing with a minory among the computer chess interested >folks! You are wrong. It is almost all of them. UBISOFT (ChessMaster) figured this out which is why they sold 5 million copies and totally dominate the market.
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