TalkChess.com

[Daniel Shawul]

The best version yet is out (1.2). It has included all the features I have been implementing past couple of days. Please upgrade with this one those who dowloaded (5 of you), you won't regret it. There are many changes.
a) FICS play is the one most improved
-> Login screen to avoid typing
-> Sought list improved
-> added game list to observe by picking
-> added player list to choose and challenge
b) Startup menu with 9 items to choose from. This avoids the need to install engines by thyself because program does it automatically.

c) PGN view that can be used instead of Debug view or besides it if there is enough space. You can play bughouse comfortably if you switch off both debug and pgn views and use landscape mode. The two boards fit the screen perfectly.

d) Flicker when displaying games with holdings avoided

e) Major addition with highlighting of squares, and a brand new way of making moves I invented. This should be the major update I think. You can make a move by clicking on any square that is contained in it. This gives you good opportunity to make moves fast. Click on squares until one move becomes unique in which case the gui will play it automatically.

f) I am glad to say all the games are very usable now right out of the factory (no need for the user to configure). Especially the human vs engine options were not usable for most games like chess but now, they are very much usable with the additon in (e). I checked each and every one of them before this release by playing a game

g) Many crashes are fixed. Android ndk programming is kind of unique in a way because the desing forces you to use asynchronous calls. I have had many issues regarding concurrent exectuation with Android than when developing a parallel searching chess engine ...

Let me know of features you need. But I can say this version will give me some time to relax since it made the app usable now.

Cheers
Daniel
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