RE: [Bug-gnubg] New proposed GUI layout!

[Albert Silver]

> >> Also, the righthand part of the screen should may be paned? Or
> >> is it a better solution? At least I think the message window is
> >> too big. More space could be given to the game list and analysis.
> >
> > I don't like the panes that Snowie has because it leads to much
> > clicking back and forth between the panes.
> 
> Hu? Doesn't Snowie have a notebook widget on the right hand side?
> Even though I don't use Snowie, I must say I don't like the notebook
> either. It's a lot of clicking.

Yes, I hate them too, and think they constitute a design error. At least
it should be possible to do as here and have 3 panes of information
visible at the same time: move live, analysis, and annotations. I'd like
to ask that it be possible to resize or even close the message window
between the move list, and the analysis. Now that this layout has been
developed, I'd like to ask for a small thing I've been dreaming about
doing to study: be able to enter text annotations WHILE I'm playing. I'm
absolutely convinced this would be a good teaching tool. For example,
I'd roll a 31, and being very undecided would write that why I chose one
move and not the other. Later, after the game had been analyzed by the
bot, I could review my notes and compare with the bot's results. If I
were working with a teacher, I could send them the file and they could
see what I was thinking at the time I played the moves. Finally it would
simply serve as a record of my thoughts so I could keep and review at a
later time to see how my thinking has evolved (or not).

                                                Albert

> 
> (By paned widget, I mean the paned widget in GTK, I think it's only
> used in GNU Backgammon in the annotation window, between the analysis
> and the commentary field. See, you can scale the size.)
> 
> ******************************************************************
> * I really think it's necesarry to have both the game record and *
> * the analysis widget available on the screen, at least at any   *
> * time the user is browsing an analysed match.                   *
> ******************************************************************
> 
> > For users with low resolutions or for
> > users who actually prefer the panes it may be useful.
> >
> > If at all possible I would like the following three options:
> >
> > (*) Show in seperate windows
> > ( ) Show in main window
> > ( ) Show in notebook in main window
> 
> I'm not sure if I understand? The first option, is that what we have
> now? The second option is the one Albert and I propose? The third
> is the notebook used by Snowie?
> 
> Do I read you correctly, or am I misunderstanding something?
> 
> -Øystein
> 
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