Re: [chessx-developer] Version 0.9 is out!

[Bruno R. <bru...@gm...>]

2012/9/29 James Coons <ja...@co...>:

>> - The size of the font in Players and GameList should be configurable
>> too. At the moment it is too small. Letters such as "g" and "j" are
>> even cut of one pixel - this can be considered a bug.
>
> Agreed, should we have separate font sizes or just use one font for all?


I think one size for Players/GameList and another (this is already ok)
for moves in GameView should be better.


>> - In Edit>Setup there is a strange button on the right, below the
>> white pawn. Besides not understanding what it represents (a dustbin? a
>> pc mouse? a button?), I don't see the use of it.
>
> It looks like a wastepaper basket to me and allows you to quickly remove
> disparate pieces from the board. I rather like it. Does it look different on windows?


There is no need for such a basket. If you want to remove a piece, you
simply drag it outside of the board. I would eliminate this item.


> Maybe we could have a way to save and load named configurations?


That would be great, and also helpful in many situations. Ideally,
only the chessboard + GameView + Databases + GameList windows should
be opened as default, with the square indicating side to move very
well visible. Afterwards the user can do what he likes the most.

Let me add one more thing that I like a lot and that has dramatically
improved usability: the fact that now the chessboard expands
automatically to the maximum allowed space when the ChessX window is
enlarged. With 0.8 it was not this way, and this is a wonderful
improvement.

Thanks, Bruno.