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Subject: Re: Is it time for the Winboard Protocol to go the way of the Dodo?

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 12:04:19 03/09/05

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On March 09, 2005 at 15:02:55, Dann Corbit wrote:

>On March 09, 2005 at 14:55:22, Steffen Jakob wrote:
>
>>On March 09, 2005 at 14:36:18, Dann Corbit wrote:
>>
>>>On March 09, 2005 at 14:20:34, Andrew Williams wrote:
>>>
>>>>On March 09, 2005 at 12:13:26, Anthony Cozzie wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>After the post on how Daniel Mehrmann is still working on XBoard/Winboard, I
>>>>>immediately starting thinking of ways to waste his time.  My question is: Does
>>>>>Winboard really have any advantages over UCI any more?
>>>>>
>>>>>The Anthony WB/UCI comparison:
>>>>>
>>>>>+UCI:
>>>>>
>>>>>Interface is cleaner & easier to implement, not being based on the crappy GNU
>>>>>chess protocol.
>>>>>
>>>>>Supports Multiple PVs, refutations, etc.
>>>>>
>>>>>Graphical configuration of engines.
>>>>>
>>>>>+WinBoard:
>>>>>
>>>>>Can operate in text mode.
>>>>>
>>>>>And this comparison is (obviously) quite favorable to UCI, although I may have
>>>>>missed things.  Anyway, I'd be willing to help Daniel out over the next few
>>>>>weeks if it meant a new version of Xboard with UCI support, and I'm guessing
>>>>>there would be a few other people willing to help out as well.
>>>>>
>>>>>anthony
>>>>
>>>>I know nothing about this, as I've used only Xboard/WinBoard since I started PM.
>>>>Is there any Xboard-equivalent UCI interface on Linux or other platforms?
>>>
>>>Jose is written in Java, so it runs on everything.  It's really nice, highly
>>>recommended.
>>>
>>>http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/
>>
>>Is it possible to run engines at chess servers with this GUI?
>
>Not yet.
>
>It is planned for the future.

The development roadmap for Jose:

jose Roadmap

Features for the next Releases
Reports (table and/or JFreeChart ?)
Engine vs. Engine
new, compact File Format (partially implemented)
Autocomplete input fields for players and events
MySQL embedded library (still very experimental)
SCID file import/export
Opening Book

Features for the far future
Store user preferences (window layout, colors)
ICS interface
Duplicates Detection
Player & Event Management (edit, find duplicates, etc.)
Autocomplete input fields
Undo
MySQL 5.0: Server Cursors, Close Result Sets



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