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Subject: Re: It would be nice if you would mention that the whole PGN is included too

Author: Norm Pollock

Date: 07:48:00 05/26/04

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On May 26, 2004 at 10:01:44, Kurt Utzinger wrote:

>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."
>[...]
>
>     Don't blame ChessBase. It's up to the user to choose
>     the old or new PGN-format. But users do seldom read
>     the HELP section of a program -:) as this is such a
>     time consuming matter -:)
>     Kurt

Who sets the default setting? The user or the company? Eh?



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