Author: Pete Galati
Date: 08:45:12 07/29/99
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On July 29, 1999 at 10:06:33, Jeroen van Dorp wrote: >As I have quite some chess programs, I would like to describe them on my website >as a service to those who wanna buy or download the program. > >I don't have enough chess knowledge to evaluate the strength of a program, being >the lousy patzer that I am. >So I could stick to a description with more screenshots than "usual". > >However screenshot graphics mean long dowloads. >I could solve the problem by making a lot of hyperlinks to the pictures from the >text. Or I could put low rez pics on the site - or combine the two solutions. >So the focus will be on feel 'n touch and objective despcription rather than on >quality of the chess engine. > >But before that all: > >As you folks out there are regular buyers and downloaders of chess software and >experienced with it I am curious about how important you think it is that you >know how the interface looks like. >Do you think it changes your judgement when you would compare your decision to >buy/not to buy or to download/not to download with or without pictures of the >actual screen(s) and interface? > >Of course it would be useless for me to create such pages if you're only >interested in chess engine strenght. > >Maybe this would make a CCC poll: how do the looks of a chess interface >influence your decision to buy or dowload it? Do you think if chess software >providers show enough of their product on the Web? >Okay two questions ;-) > >Maybe no poll question, but I am interested in the opinions of the CCC community >anyway. > >Thanks for your response. > >Jeroen ;-} > > >http://home.wxs.nl/~jimvandorp/Schaken.htm >jimvandorp@wxs.nl Just a quick example right off the top of my head, I ran into a screen shot of Macchess, because I wanted my brother-in-law to get a Chess program for his Mac and the desciption of the program sounded good to me. So he downloaded it and tried it, but I wanted to see what I recomended to him looked like (they're miles away). It looks great, If I had a Mac, there's no way that I would not try that program. So in that case a screen shot would have done the trick, I wish I had a Mac so I could try it. Pete
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