Author: Norm Pollock
Date: 06:40:15 05/26/04
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On May 26, 2004 at 09:21:53, Jonas Bylund wrote: >>>:) someone still on 56 kb/s modem? >>>He can post pgn in whatever style he wants. >> >>As someone who actually reads the pgns, I prefer the old, compact style where I >>can read the pgn and play the game in my head if I am not in front of a chess >>set or computer. And if I want to print out a few games, the amount of paper >>consumed by the new style is much greater. >> >>Maybe Jonas works for Chessbase? > >This is a _very_ sad trend, to "accuse" someone for working for a company when >you don't agree with their views... > >I personally dislike the CB style pgn output, i would even say i think it is >downright ugly and as yourself i prefer the clean pgn style, my post was >directed at the "...and please refrain from posting that ugly CB new PGN style." >where the word "refrain" dictates as opposed to suggests, atleast that is my >understanding of the word. > >I was only pointing out that he could post _the_ ugliest formatted .pgn, .txt >etc and he has the rights to do that if he wants. > >Jonas He "could" but is it appropriate and etiquette? In this case, his posting in all its glorious chessbase ugliness, is offensive to the readers. The phrase "please refrain" means "to suggest". Do not pick apart a phrase and just focus on the word "refrain" instead of the whole phrase "please refrain". Anyway, the bottom line is that DO AGREE that the new CB pgn output is abominable. Sorry about associating you with Chessbase. That was too harsh on my part, but then again you were harsh on people with 56K modems. -- Norm
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