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Subject: Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs

Author: Dann Corbit

Date: 23:34:42 02/11/00

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On February 12, 2000 at 02:16:26, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>On February 11, 2000 at 22:32:57, Richard A. Fowell (fowell@netcom.com) wrote:
>
>>You can take a look at a sample UI at:
>>http://users.cybercity.dk/~bst10651/
>>There are screenshots, menu shots, and a full online manual, so it doesn't
>>matter what computer you have, you can see what it is like.
>
>Here's their 3D board.
>
>http://users.cybercity.dk/~bst10651/Sigma3Dfull.jpg
>
>*That* has potential.  But I don't sit so far away from the board.  I'd like to
>see the user's eyes looking down just before the last row of pieces.  Is it
>adjustable?

Yuck.  Give me a 2-d board over that piece of junk anytime.  In fact, I like a
2-d board better than a real one.  By far.



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