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MY ONE WISH

Posted: Tue May 16, 2017 11:36 pm
by irrawang
My one wish here on net-chess would be for improved chess board graphics. Maybe slightly larger and with better colours. I find this site strains my eyes more than other sites. No harm in having a dream.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 4:44 pm
by redketchuplover
Have you tried all combinations of board layouts and pieces and colors and other browsers? :mrgreen:

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 7:48 am
by gmiller
Been working on this:
http://www.net-chess.com/newboard/test.html

It scales to the width of the screen, but not the height yet, so you might have to make the window smaller.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 10:07 am
by gcohen
Playing Chess by burning-out your eyeballs looking at a computer screen is not the proper way.
Set up the position on a real chessboard, in order to study the position.
This allows for analysis and fewer mistakes.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu May 18, 2017 3:41 pm
by irrawang
The proposed new board looks great and is equal to anything out there.
I realise that the preferred option is to set up a real chess board. This also has the added advantage of helping when you play OTB games as 2d computer boards tend to destroy my sight of the board and I have to practice with a real board before a tournament.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Sat Jun 03, 2017 6:54 am
by gkristiansen
I think this site have become outdathet.Its almost just the same it was 15 years ago.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2017 5:20 pm
by nujjer
The old skool feel of this site is part of its charm, but I agree that the board is small (3"x3") when I'm looking at it on my 23" monitor.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Sun Dec 17, 2017 6:49 pm
by irrawang
gmiller wrote:Been working on this:
http://www.net-chess.com/newboard/test.html

It scales to the width of the screen, but not the height yet, so you might have to make the window smaller.
I really need that larger board now. I had my cataracts done 3 years ago and now my vision is starting to haze up, so it's off to the specialist for some laser treatments. I should imagine that my vision should improve dramatically, but for now I struggle with the small drab board

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2017 9:45 pm
by gmiller
I'm working on it. Moving into a new house and trying to move the whole site to a new server first to take care of the recent crash issues we've had. If it helps, most browsers have a zoom feature, usually accessed by holding the control key and using the mouse scroll wheel.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 8:16 am
by gmiller
I've made some updates, so try them out. If everything goes well, I might be able to turn it on as 'experimental' within the next week or so.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 2:18 pm
by gcohen
Good grief~~le mieux est l'enemi du bon~~if it ain't broke don't fix it.
A tempest in a teapot.
I would suggest that internet chess sites are not responsible
for chessplayers' refusal to set up a real board with real pieces.
Use the zoom.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Wed Jan 31, 2018 4:13 pm
by irrawang
Very true, what can I say, I am plain lazy. Having my vision treate soon which will help.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2018 5:51 pm
by gmiller
I couldn't imagine setting up a board for every move. But, for those that do, starting with a bigger board on the screen will help them too.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2018 2:13 am
by ziggyblitz
Just had my left eye laser treated and the result is amazing. The black pieces are no longer a hazy grey colour and the colours are much richer. Playing here is now be much more enjoyable. Really looking forward to the right eye being treated.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:26 pm
by jboger
Congratulations on the laser treatment, ziggy.

What I have sometimes done for analysis is copy the move list into a program such as Scid vs. PC so I can move the pieces around. I of course do not use any of the engine features.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jan 03, 2019 12:33 am
by gmiller
Made some updates:
http://www.net-chess.com/newboard/test.html

A handful more TODO's and it should be ready.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:13 pm
by u
It doesn't work for me (I only see the brown background without any pieces or board)
Please don't forget to make an option for using the old display.
Would be nice if this option could be a permanent flag, not like the current old display :)

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 3:36 pm
by ziggyblitz
jboger wrote:
Tue Jun 05, 2018 8:26 pm
Congratulations on the laser treatment, ziggy.

What I have sometimes done for analysis is copy the move list into a program such as Scid vs. PC so I can move the pieces around. I of course do not use any of the engine features.
I’ll have to check SCID out. ATM it’s beyond me.
On my iPad I often enlarge the board. The trouble can be when you touch a piece on the screen the board can unintentionally change size.
I look forward to the new version.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2019 5:25 pm
by gmiller
u wrote:
Thu Jan 17, 2019 12:13 pm
It doesn't work for me (I only see the brown background without any pieces or board)
Please don't forget to make an option for using the old display.
Would be nice if this option could be a permanent flag, not like the current old display :)
Hmm, which browser are you using? Works in Chrome, IE, Firefox, Edge. And, yes, you'll still have the option to use the old display.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 5:07 am
by u
I use Midori. Maybe the problem is the keyword let in javascript which causes the problem. So I would be glad if you could give the option still to use the old style. Or maybe a js version which uses var instead of let?

Many thanks

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 10:40 am
by gmiller
The old versions will still be available. Odds are, if it doesn't support const and let, there's a lot of other stuff it won't support.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2019 7:16 pm
by gmiller
If you want to try out the new board, go to your profile and change the "Interface Preference" to "Experimental". I've been using it for the past couple of weeks. Still a couple of rough spots to work out, mainly around the comments and the notepad. It will eventually become the default.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 12:55 am
by ziggyblitz
Can’t find “interface preferences” on my profile page.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 7:39 am
by gmiller
On the main page, click "My Profile", at the bottom click "Edit My Profile", it's the 3rd option from the bottom.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 3:43 pm
by ziggyblitz
Found it. I like it, excellent! Although I couldn’t locate a chat box.

Re: MY ONE WISH

Posted: Thu Jun 20, 2019 4:02 pm
by gmiller
Yea, that's one issue I'm working on. It only shows up if your opponent has put in a comment.