If Fencer had time it would be cool if he could write a windows based program. There are several advantages to a software program over the web page and only a few disadvantages.

1) Most importantly fast game play would be possible as the data could be sent to the server as well as directly to the apponent(You do not need to keep polling the server you can wait for the aponent to send to you). This would allow for the adition of games like speed chess.

2) Game play could also continue when the server goes down as the server does not need to receive eery move update they would be there for tracking of stitistics and to minimize the chance of hackers cheating. When the server goes back up it will continue geting updates and can ask for the missed moves from both players wich should give it the same answer.

3) The bandwidth load on the server would be less as graphical data can be kept on the local computer requiring only move codes to be transfered.

4) Finding an oponent could be sped up to mere minutes by letting the computer automatically match up oponents in the range you want to play against. This would of course should be optional with the regular method still available.

5) Being optomistic could eventually replace MSN. That is being a little hopeful though.


The bigest disadvantage is it would require a lot of programing time for Fencer. The secound bigest problem is that it would be possible for a haker to say the game went differently then it did if the server was down for a long time. But having the server check both computers should bring that possibility to almost none.