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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