WinBoard / XBoard 4.4.0 released

[hgm]

The final version of XBoard 4.4.0 has been released. It is obtainable both from the GNU-Savannah XBoard home page, as well as from the WinBoard forum.

Major new features compared to 4.3.15 are:
* that this is now an "official" version endorsed by GNU
* engine-defined options can be set from a GUI dialog (for UCI and WB engines!)
* (optional) engine logos are supported in WinBoard
* it is possible to analyze obeserved ICS games with an engine
* the WinBoard binary is distributed as an installer including all essential support programs (e.g. Polyglot) and many optional extras

Some Screenshots:


WinBoard using a marble board texture and /autoLogo=true


Dialog to set engine options, using WB protocol extensions and a Polyglot that supports them

[IanO]

Compiles and works fine on OS X 10.4 (which is better than the verison currently in MacPorts, which either doesn't build or can't connect to chess servers).

Ian