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Subject: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs

Author: Vincent Vega

Date: 17:24:30 02/11/00

Can somebody please explain to me why are chess programmers so seemingly unable
to create a decent user interface?  Half of the programs run only under Firtz
interface or under X/Winboard.  While it seems like it is a logical choice not
to reinvent the wheel, those interfaces are very far from being good.  They are
so limited and so unintuitive.  The other half is much worse - how can anyone
justify having a DOS program in the 21st century?

And before somebody says that it's hard, why don't you do it yourself, blah,
blah - I just finished a 200,000 LOC commercial program with UI complexity much
greater than any chess program ever had, so I know it can be done and no I won't
do it unless there is good money involved.

Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs - a different opinion Christopher R. Dorr 08:33:57 02/12/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs James Swafford 06:03:39 02/12/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Peter Kappler 21:53:57 02/11/00
- Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Peter Kappler 00:08:35 02/12/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Gian-Carlo Pascutto 01:36:02 02/12/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Peter Kappler 10:57:14 02/12/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 17:58:46 02/12/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) 19:32:57 02/11/00
- Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 23:16:26 02/11/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dann Corbit 23:34:42 02/11/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 00:58:31 02/12/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs frank zimmer 23:55:32 02/11/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) 23:44:41 02/11/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dann Corbit 00:04:48 02/12/00
- Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Pete Galati 20:34:28 02/11/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs frank zimmer 00:01:05 02/12/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Pete Galati 13:12:37 02/12/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Pete Galati 09:12:56 02/12/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs KarinsDad 10:03:45 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Pete Galati 11:31:15 02/12/00
Re: User Interfaces in Chess Programs Pete Galati 18:48:51 02/11/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs- lol robert michelena 18:03:08 02/11/00
- Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs- lol Vincent Vega 18:38:34 02/11/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs- lol blass uri 21:09:57 02/11/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs- lol Vincent Vega 21:46:16 02/11/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs- lol blass uri 01:07:43 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs- YEAH BABY robert michelena 10:07:47 02/12/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 17:42:20 02/11/00
- Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 17:54:12 02/11/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 23:22:04 02/11/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dann Corbit 18:03:44 02/11/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 18:37:46 02/11/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 17:41:59 02/11/00
- Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 18:24:08 02/11/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Tim Mann 18:39:18 02/12/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 13:13:19 02/13/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 00:27:58 02/14/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 17:05:09 02/14/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Jari Huikari 13:34:54 02/13/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 19:52:04 02/11/00
    - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 21:01:51 02/11/00
      - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 21:20:06 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 21:35:18 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 21:50:02 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Vincent Vega 22:09:07 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dann Corbit 22:45:50 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 23:09:56 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 06:23:43 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dave Gomboc 06:59:38 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Tom Kerrigan 12:06:22 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 07:08:13 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Albert Silver 22:44:27 02/11/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Vincent Vega 20:22:54 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Albert Silver 17:45:26 02/14/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Vincent Vega 21:38:38 02/14/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Steve Lopez 22:19:48 02/13/00
        
        Re: Fritz does install guts of Internet Explorer Vincent Vega 23:11:42 02/13/00
        
        Re: Fritz does install guts of Internet Explorer Steve Lopez 07:59:15 02/14/00
        
        Re: Fritz does install guts of Internet Explorer Vincent Vega 16:44:10 02/14/00
        
        Re: Fritz does install guts of Internet Explorer Steve Lopez 17:25:35 02/14/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Albert Silver 22:43:27 02/12/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Vincent Vega 22:33:04 02/13/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Albert Silver 06:11:38 02/14/00
        
        Re: Terrible User Interfaces - Fritz 6 Interface Problems as Requested Dave Gomboc 23:45:49 02/12/00
  - Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs John Merlino 18:33:00 02/11/00
Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs Dann Corbit 17:37:45 02/11/00

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