Author: Andrew Williams
Date: 12:54:36 03/09/05
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On March 09, 2005 at 15:04:19, Dann Corbit wrote: >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 I'm sure it's a nice program (it certainly looks very nice), but with no engine-vs-engine and no server play, I can't really see much point to it for me. There is really no point at all in *me* playing against postmodernist. I hope it continues to develop however. I think Anthony's original list missed out the most important feature of winboard, which is xboard :-)) Seriously, I have a PC with Windows on it here, but I've not switched it on for a great many months. I can't imagine myself ever switching to Windows for developing PM. Andrew
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