Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 11:12:17 01/25/00
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On January 25, 2000 at 13:40:03, Laurence Chen wrote: >They say, "Beauty is skin deep", I say, "Nay, not when it comes to have to stare >at it all day or all night". I'd really like to know how many of you have a >monitor less than 17 inch in size. Really, after using a 17 inch monitor or >large it gets really difficult to go back and use a 14 inch monitor. So what's >the point of this post, you probably wondering. GUI in chess interface. >To a lot of hardcore chess computer users, they would say that engine strength >is everything, and they probably would not care if the GUI was ugly. But, I >care. How many of us would choose a very beautiful woman and not very smart >over an average looking woman who happens to be very smart? Seriously, I would >prefer to have both. Some of you may think that I am spoiled after using >Chessbase and its GUI is in my opinion very high quality. Okay, you may say >that it sucks in 3D, I say so what, no matter what you do, I don't think one can >create high quality 3D pieces images without sacrificing CPU power and RAM in a >computer. Besides if I need to stare at a 3D board, I would prefer to set up my >chessboard and use my wood chess pieces. Nothing can beat that. >The point is that Chessbase has set up a standard for GUI and chess engine >strength. And a lot of chess users will always compare it to Chessbase. That's >the way it goes in business nowadays, it's like Intel setup the standard for >CPU's. Let me ask how many of you would by an AMD K-1 chip over the Intel >Pentium 1 chip? If such standard did not exist, there would be a lot of chaos. >For example if IEEE did not exist, we would have problems playing our audio and >video devices, because different manufactures would set whatever standard they >like. And that's not acceptable, so why should it be different for chess GUI. I >stare at the computer day and night, and for me if the GUI is very ugly or >unacceptable, the probability of me using the chess program decreases. Thus, >beauty does matter. >I hope that Ed Shrodder will take this in consideration when he introduces the >new Rebel Century for Windows, and that new improvements in the GUI will be made >by Chesspatner. Even if it means revising and designing a total new interface. >I have no complaints with the Rebel-Tiger engine, but when it comes to not >working properly in a GUI, that makes me roar like a tiger... GRRRRR!!! >Laurence I use several. My office monitor is a 21" Sony that I would not buy if I had to pay for it myself... probably way over-priced, but packaged with large systems like my quad-xeon. On the other end, I use my sony notebook with a 12.1" XGA LCD panel and like it a lot. I also have a gateway notebook with a 14.1" XGA, which is nearly as big as a 17" monitor. It is better than my Sony, but weighs over three times as much. I find I use my Sony all the time when I am not in my office and don't mind the 12.1" display.. I just pick the right fonts/window sizes and plod ahead.
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