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Subject: Re: What do you think of the announced GUI for windows Rebel?

Author: Lex Loep

Date: 22:56:55 05/25/99

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Fernanado,

I am the author of ChessPartner and as such I have to disagree. ChessPartner has
been around for a long time in various versions, under various names (LCHESS,
Schaakmeester, CP ) Over the years we have had many reviews most of
them very positive, mainly because of the great number of features.

I always have been listening to suggestions but I can not do anything with
comments like: "is poor, obsolete ... etc".
The program has a comparable set of features with the other programs, so I guess
it all comes down to cosmetics, some like it some don't.

You also mention it has no 3D boards, well it does have it, so I must conclude
you have not looked very good at it !

From the other comments I take some people don't like the pieces, this is very
easy to fix, the Rebel pieces will be included in the combined product.

Any feedback is welcome, but please be more specific then 'I don't like it' !

Lex Loep
Lokasoft
feedback@lokasoft.nl
http://www.lokasoft.nl/uk/




On May 25, 1999 at 14:17:11, Fernando Villegas wrote:

>Hi all:
>I just have seen in Ed site the announcement that the new gui for window Rebel
>will be the very same that now is used by the program Chess Partner, produced
>by Lokasoft. Now my question is: it's me that I have a too much delicate sense
>of what is tasteful or really that Gui is not  in the same league Rebel is?
>My very humble opinion: ChessPartner GUi -without making judgement of the
>qualities of the engine- is poor, obsolete, the kind of GUI that you expected to
>get in the old times of CGS screens.  It is far, very far Fritz Gui, not to
>mention CM GUI, Power Chess Gui, CSTAL gui, etc. Not even has 3D screens as far
>as I have seen in the Chess partner demo. Did I miss something?
>I do not say Rebel for windows should have a Gui equally full of flashy features
>as Power Chess or Cm6000, BUT even if you like spartan type of presentations,
>that by Lokasoft seems to me too much akward and it is a huge dissapontment to
>be waitin Rebel windows just to get that second class design.
>I suppose Ed did what he thought best in terms of financial agreements and/or
>the Chesspartner gui, although ugly, is techicaly very good, but, again, you
>expect -I expected- something really great and not just an old, sketchy, akward.
>A pity.
>Fernando



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