Author: Lawrence S. Tamarkin
Date: 23:27:30 05/28/99
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Hi Fernando: Of course I too (and a number of other poster's), do not like certain aspects of the Chess Partner Interface. However, upon looking at some of the screen shots (which look promising), & listening to some of the arguments about various screen resolutions, and what 2d (and perhaps 3d), boards are going to eventually be realeased with Rebel CP, I can well Sympathize with the Rebel/Chess Partner team's exasparation with the views taken here. I just hope everybody can take the critizm in the spirit that it is expressed; We know how awful the Chess Partner gui is, and were worried that Rebel Windows will wind up looking just as bad. On the other hand, I get the very definate feeling from the responses posted so far of the Rebel/Chess Partner team, that whatever deficiencies exist now in the gui of Chess Partner will not find themselve's into Rebel CP, or barring that, corrections & improvements will be made quickly, partly based on initial comments here. Right guys? mrslug - former negative guy software addict!, turned optimistic guy software addict! On May 28, 1999 at 16:18:45, Fernando Villegas wrote: >Sorruy to insist in this about Rebel Windows version, but we do not need travel >very far to see the kind of GUI that can be described both as technically >adequate, but also finely designed. It is Chessvision kind of GUI, the very same >everybody can see downloading the demo. It is FAR superior to that of CP under >any criteria you can use. It is real windows but also prettily done. Look at the >boards and compare with that of CP. Look at what it delivers. How it is possible >that Ed cannot get something similar? Even near that? After all, his project to >market a Rebel version is, first of all, HIS project and, besides, an old >project. Its not the case Ed was compelled to do that last week. >If per chance Christophe Theron is reading this, I ask him if he judge me to be >“negative” if I say that we cannot, as customers, just to accept what Ed and you >decided. It is not the case to say “I liked it, so what...”. Rebel is a >commercial program, not a research project. And as such it depends and must >fulfill the wishes of his customers. Yes, you and other people have tastes >different to mine, but for the same reason me and other can have tastes >different to yours. So I do not understand where we go if we just oppose and >noit take into consideration different tastes just saying “hey, you are a >negative guy”. I think there is time to consider once again this issue. I >personally know some guys in Russia that can program and design beautiful things >in a rush. I have asked them my own desktops themes and I can bet there are many >other talented designers there and elsewhere. So, why, again, to make use of at >most second class product? >Fernando, the negative guy
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