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

[Jim Segrave]

On Mon 04 Aug 2003 (09:59 -0300), Albert Silver wrote:
> > >> 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).

Agreed - annotation should be available for a move with or without
analysis. 

I think it shouldn't be a difficult feature to add.

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Jim Segrave           address@hidden