Author: David Dahlem
Date: 11:43:06 06/11/04
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On June 11, 2004 at 13:48:42, John Merlino wrote: >On June 11, 2004 at 13:33:03, David Dahlem wrote: > >>On June 11, 2004 at 13:15:18, John Merlino wrote: >> >>>On June 11, 2004 at 08:53:24, Terry Giles wrote: >>> >>>>I notice that the Chessmaster 10th edition program has 'real' 3D boards, >>>>according to the site at ... >>>> >>>>http://chessmaster10.ubi.com/uk/ >>>> >>>>All the board versions can be used with red/cyan glasses to produce anaglyphic >>>>3D, also they have now included rather 'gimmicky' animated chess sets. >>>> >>>>Terry Giles >>> >>>Well, it definitely looks like the new development team is really trying to >>>create a big improvement to all aspects of the program (interface, online, >>>teaching content, etc.). >>> >>>The only thing that concerns me about some of those screenshots is all of the >>>clutter of the other windows. Did I really see a menu that was four levels deep >>>and each level had about 10 options?? Hmmmm.... >>> >>>Perhaps they dumped the "room" metaphor and put everything back in one place >>>like it was with CM6000 and earlier. The reason we went to the room metaphor was >>>because putting everything in one place was just too confusing for many users. >>> >> >>Hi John >> >>The "room" metaphor is the major thing i hate in CM. :-) >> >>Regards >>Dave > >Well, hopefully the new designers will be able to put all of this into one place >without any confusion: > >Unrated play >Rated play >Simuls >Tournaments >Online play (which will be much more advanced with a much larger feature set) >Classic Games >Opening Book Editor >Tutorials >Josh Waitzkin Games >Quizzes >Drills >Advice >Analysis >Blunder Alert >Solve for Mate >Database >All 9 support windows >Child-specific content (i.e. the old "Kids Room" stuff) >Etc. > >But, actually, now that I read the interface descriptions more closely, it >sounds like there is going to still be some clear separation of features. An >"entire section of Chessmaster" is referred to for younger players, as well as >an "Academy section" and a "full-featured online chess module". So, I would >guess that there will now be four "rooms" (single player, classroom, online and >kids) rather than the seven that were there before (skittles, tournament, >classroom, library, database, online and kids). > >That's just a guess. I really have no idea.... Can't wait to see it though. > >jm Thanks John Oh well, i'll probably purchase it anyway, and just "snatch" the engine for use in a gui that is more user friendly, if possible. :-) Regards Dave
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