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Subject: Re: Terrible User Interfaces in Chess Programs

Author: KarinsDad

Date: 10:03:45 02/12/00

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On February 12, 2000 at 12:12:56, Pete Galati wrote:

>On February 12, 2000 at 03:01:05, frank zimmer wrote:
>
>>Pete! Rookie chess has a decent 3D board and set, but I still hate it and
>>removed it into cyberspace!!! He HeHe :-)
>
>I'll take a look, if it's the program that I remember, it wants more hashtable
>size than I have memory.  Something from Univ. of Nis.  I no longer have it,
>maybe I'm remembering the wrong program.  I never use 3D boards though, never
>saw one I cared for.  Sargon5's 3D display is entertaining (but not good), but
>I've never kept it on for a whole game.
>
>Pete

The thing I do not like about 3D interfaces is that occasionally, you try to
grab one piece and accidentally touch another. If you have touch move on, then
you have just hosed your game. This never seems to happen in a 2D interface.

KarinsDad :)



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