25 Jan 06
Originally posted by stockenThis is a biggy! Now fixed.
Not exactly high priority, but I got a PHP parsing error when attempting to create a new folder for my games:
Parse error: parse error, unexpected ',' in /var/www/redhotpawn.com/mygames/editgamesfolder.php on line 72
Other than that, I'm having no problems at all so far. It's great, Russ! 🙂
-Russ
25 Jan 06
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Originally posted by Ragnorak1) I have 're-bolded' that.
A couple of things so far.
Not really bugs, I don't think.
1) Before, in My Games, games where it is my turn to move were bolded. I preferred that presentation
2) If you are at the start of a game in the analyse board screen, and you keep clicking back, then the action count keeps increasing. Same if you're at the end of a game and click forward. book on your move without making a move. :'(
That's it for now. Its looking well.
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2) Interesting problem, I will look at that.
3) Yeah, I know. 😳 I will also look at that before go live. It should not be a big deal.
Thanks,
-Russ
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by stockenThe new code is very CSS/javascript heavy. I do test with Opera (currently Win 8.51) but I have not seen this issue.
This is probably the repaint bug in Opera showing its dreaded face. If you minimize your window and restore it, the pieces should be visible again.
In Opera 9 this problem will have been fixed. The reason for this being a problem with the new board and not with the previous could be that Russ has relied more heavily on CSS and/or javascript. But the exact ...[text shortened]... nt (haven't been coding interfaces a lot lately). But the problem is probably a bug in Opera 8.
As stocken says, do try just minimising/expanding and resizing your window. I would be very interested if forcing the browser to repaint fixes the problem.
As a little aside, before go live, I will be messaging all active users to upgrade their browsers if possible. This is only a precaution, but in cases like Opera, older versions will not work at all well. And there is no point in letting support for some antiquated browser versions stop progress.
-Russ
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by ChakanYes, you are in the second group. I will message you, probably tomorrow, with details on how to access the beta system.
So I take it the second group (which I assume includes myself) has not been given the new code to test? Cause of the faults so far? yes?
Thanks for your patience.
-Russ
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by RussA neater solution is to create an iframe element and use zorder to position it exactly under the menu - for some reason the select elements don't show through the iframe and the iframe doesn't show through the menu (no idea why that should be!).
Yes, there will be no fix this. The trick, as you say, is to hide the form when elements are rendered over it - but I hate messy hacks like that.
-Russ
I believe you're using the menus from brainjar.com? - the fix is just a few lines of JS:
http://www.brainjar.com/dhtml/menubar/default11.asp
A bit of a hack, but better than unsightly transparent menus in IE... and *much* better than making forms disappear whenever a menu drops down (yeuch)!
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by AustinLOf course, the best solution of all is to encourage people to drop IE in favor of Firefox.
and *much* better than making forms disappear whenever a menu drops down (yeuch)!
You're right though, making formelements disappear when opening menus is a gastly construction. Personally, I wouldn't bother at all with this problem. But if I would, I like the hack you linked to. Good one. Haven't seen that before. 🙂
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by RagnorakGood point. I'll make sure that doesn't make it to the live version.
I just noticed that game names are now publically viewable.
I'm not sure if it is a great idea to show old game names now. I have a couple of, ahem, creatively named games which wouldn't be called what they were if I thought that Jo Public apart from my opponent was going to see them.
D
-Russ
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by AustinLHey, a spy! 🙂
A neater solution is to create an iframe element and use zorder to position it exactly under the menu - for some reason the select elements don't show through the iframe and the iframe doesn't show through the menu (no idea why that should be!).
I believe you're using the menus from brainjar.com? - the fix is just a few lines of JS:
http://www.brainjar ...[text shortened]... us in IE... and *much* better than making forms disappear whenever a menu drops down (yeuch)!
Cheers Austin, that is interesting. I'll take a look.
-Russ
25 Jan 06
Originally posted by RussIts great that this facility is now there, and its an admirable first attempt, but it just doesn't feel intuitive.
I have changed the text for the action links. (Chris was also confused by the interface and suggested the changes.)
-Russ
I believe that the actions need to be listed, ala the Game History Navigation, for it to be really useful. I find I just get confused now when the pieces are hopping all over the place, and I have no idea what the action was. This is made much worse by the fact that the History Navigator doesn't update inline with the action buttons.
Have you tried looking at how chesspad deals with different variations? Its extremely user friendly and intuitive. Check it out http://www.wmlsoftware.com/chesspad.html
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25 Jan 06
Originally posted by RagnorakNo, but I will.
Its great that this facility is now there, and its an admirable first attempt, but it just doesn't feel intuitive.
I believe that the actions need to be listed, ala the Game History Navigation, for it to be really useful. I find I just get confused now when the pieces are hopping all over the place, and I have no idea what the action was. This is made ...[text shortened]... emely user friendly and intuitive. Check it out http://www.wmlsoftware.com/chesspad.html
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-Russ