BrainKing - Diskusné kluby (Feature requests)

Subjekt: Re: Unsorted list

AlliumCepa: Works nice in English. Can be a big problem in other languages :-) That's the way I look at everything since I started to extend the multilingual support. What was a trivial change before, can be a more sophisticated problem now.

13. septembra 2005, 14:25:36

Subjekt: Re: Unsorted list

Fencer: How about the separator idea?

13. septembra 2005, 14:26:07

AlliumCepa

Subjekt: Re: Unsorted list

Fencer: You know best, man.
Anyway, here is another (annoying) idea: Make two Drop-down lists next to each other:
1st - TypeOfTheGame, and 2nd - GameVariant

PS. Alright, alright - I shut my mouth!

13. septembra 2005, 14:26:37

Subjekt: Re: Unsorted list

WhiteTower: Separator is a good idea.

13. septembra 2005, 20:35:36

WizardII

Subjekt: RSS Feed of Pending Games

It would be nice to get an RSS Feed of pending games, that way I could see what is pending each time my RSS Reader polls.

13. septembra 2005, 22:12:26

Subjekt: Re: Unsorted list

Fencer: And the simple implementation of a few <option=999>-----------<etc.> additions to the HTML code is scheduled for...?

14. septembra 2005, 00:13:52

Backoff

I would like to beable to use this site on my cell phone. I'll be looking for that feature soon!!!

14. septembra 2005, 00:44:39

WizardII

Subjekt: Re:

Backoff:
How would you fit the boards on device the size of a cell phone?

14. septembra 2005, 00:47:16

Subjekt: Re:

WizardII: With great effort :)

14. septembra 2005, 05:59:01

Expired

Subjekt: Re:

WhiteTower: yeah! in farsi we say: به سختی

14. septembra 2005, 09:49:47

Subjekt: Vacation days:

In tournaments I read this:
"Time control (?): Time: 3 days, Bonus: 20 hours, Limit: 5 days, no days off".

Could "No days off" means "no vacation days"? (That would be excellent!)
Otherwise, is there a tip to stop using "vacation days" during a tournament?

14. septembra 2005, 09:52:28

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

Spirou: It means "no vacation days" and "no weekend days".

14. septembra 2005, 09:54:23

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

Fencer: Wonderful! Thank you for the quick answer

14. septembra 2005, 10:06:09

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

Zmenené užívateľom Spirou (14. septembra 2005, 10:07:52)

Fencer: In "New game" and "New tournament", I see the option "no days off" only in "Time for move".

In "Time for game" what have one to conclude? :
- there is "no days off" implicitement;
- it is impossible to have "no days off".

14. septembra 2005, 10:21:08

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

Spirou: There are no days off in Time for Game. The game must be finished by the maximum time limit set, starting with the first move.

14. septembra 2005, 10:24:57

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

Zmenené užívateľom Spirou (14. septembra 2005, 10:31:01)

WhiteTower: Thank you.

So in "Time for game" there are "no days off" implicitely

14. septembra 2005, 11:56:58

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

Spirou: No, not implicittly - read the bottom of the help section, after clicking the ? mark after Time Control.

14. septembra 2005, 12:03:31

Subjekt: Re: Vacation days:

WhiteTower: I bow down, you are right, I missed this little "?"

14. septembra 2005, 21:47:01

Subjekt: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

It's been several days now. All other parts of BrainKing work 100% except for Bug Tracker...

15. septembra 2005, 08:29:13

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

WhiteTower: There is no error message in the server log and when I look at the Bug Tracker from your account, it is displayed correctly. Which web browser do you use?

15. septembra 2005, 09:59:18

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: IE 6.0.2900.2180

15. septembra 2005, 10:05:39

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

WhiteTower: Try it with Firefox or Opera.

15. septembra 2005, 10:10:36

pauloaguia

Subjekt: Since we're talking about the BugTracker anyway...

Could there be a filter for "Post bugs posted by me only" or something? Sorting by poster and then finding my name in th middle of the message bulk is not a very satisfactory solution...
I'd like to keep track of the bugs I posted to see if they are doing well or if some more info was required and I just missed it or something...

15. septembra 2005, 10:12:58

Subjekt: Re: Since we're talking about the BugTracker anyway...

pauloaguia: Yes, a filter is planned.

15. septembra 2005, 10:36:09

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: But does the Bug Tracker page contain any special HTML code that makes it unavailable from my side? I am running anti-spyware and anti-popup software as well.

15. septembra 2005, 10:46:12

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: Just tried the Bug Tracker page with Firefox 1.0.6 - here's the page source:

<html><body></body>&
lt;/html>

Not what is actually there, is it?

15. septembra 2005, 10:57:36

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

WhiteTower: There must be a lot of HTML code between <html> and <body> so I guess you are getting some absolutely wrong page instead.

15. septembra 2005, 11:23:43

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: In IE, I get a bit more code, but still no body:

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">
<HTML><HEAD>

<META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1250"></HEAD>
<BODY&
gt;</BODY></HTML>

I've cleared my cache, nothing. I've disabled anti-spyware checking, still nothing. If I send you my IP by PM, will you be able to see anything happening server-side?

15. septembra 2005, 11:27:11

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: In case it helps, the Online Opponents page does exactly the same:

http://brainking.com/en/PlayerList?op=1

15. septembra 2005, 11:28:33

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: ... as well as the Who is online page:

http://brainking.com/en/PlayerList

(Feel free to delete these discussion items)

15. septembra 2005, 11:29:38

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

(sorry for the multiple messages!)

Fencer: The main Player list, however, works 100%!

http://brainking.com/en/PlayerList?a=ap

15. septembra 2005, 11:30:40

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

WhiteTower: All BrainKing pages have the same headers and none of them begins with DOCTYPE [although it should, in order to follow the W3C standards]. So it's definitely not on the server side, no matter what your IP address is.

15. septembra 2005, 11:31:13

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

WhiteTower: Let's continue here.

15. septembra 2005, 11:32:36

Subjekt: Re: Bug Tracker is still a blank page for me

Fencer: So, there's something special about these URLs that makes my browser respond this way - what could it be?

http://brainking.com/en/PlayerList?a=ap - works
http://brainking.com/en/PlayerList - fails
http://brainking.com/en/PlayerList?op=1 - fails
http://brainking.com/en/BugTracker - fails

15. septembra 2005, 17:21:45

Summertop

Subjekt: Limited players tournaments

In tournaments, where there is a maximum number of players, it would be nice to have an option to start the tourny as soon as the max players has been reached.

15. septembra 2005, 17:24:10

Summertop

Subjekt: Sabotage

How about a version of sabotage where you can move as amny peices as you want (but each piece only once)?

15. septembra 2005, 23:01:56

nobleheart

Subjekt: I have mentioned this before..

..but would love to hear even a little feed back,hopefully from our fearless leader fencer.
well,as long as we are talking about game ideas.
what does everyone think of games in which you can play with 3,4( or more)players in the same game.
these can really be fun,but is it too difficult to code?
---
also fencer,another idea.several of us got talking about interesting math stuff in another board,and were (rightly so)reminded we were off topic.
so how about a board for:
strange and weird interesting science.
what do you think of the idea?

15. septembra 2005, 23:04:57

Subjekt: Re: I have mentioned this before..

nobleheart:

Froglet would be a good candidate for a multi-player game. However, this particular feature is currently limited to ponds for paying members.

15. septembra 2005, 23:47:39

Summertop

Subjekt: Re: I have mentioned this before..

A variation of loop chess wold probably work really well for 4 players. Instead of captured pieces going to your own "available pieces pool", they would go to your partner's pool. Typically, multi-player games are sequential. Player 1, then 2, then 3, then 4, etc. But with this variation, each individual game would go on as normal.

15. septembra 2005, 23:49:27

grenv

Subjekt: Re: I have mentioned this before..

WhiteTower: Actually more multiplayer games would be good. There are multiplayer versions of chess (bughouse for one, which is 2 vs 2) and other games like chinese checkers might be fun.

15. septembra 2005, 23:49:59

grenv

Subjekt: cursor

Did you change the font in these boxes? the cursor is very distracting now.

16. septembra 2005, 00:29:52

nobleheart

Subjekt: wow

I think thats most imaginative board design I have seen.I've thought of triangles,squares,hexagons...but I think i would get seasick looking at that board...lol.
----
even thought about the pattern created with octagons & squares ,like this:
http://www.counton.org/images/explorer/morphing/semireg3.gif
was thinking about creating a game that would make use of the special relationship between these polygons..but thats as far as i have got..anyone got any inspirations about this?

16. septembra 2005, 01:21:18

Thad

Subjekt: Re: multiplayers game

Marfitalu: THAT'S COOL!!!

16. septembra 2005, 07:10:46

Subjekt: Re: I have mentioned this before..

nobleheart: The main problem of some players stopping playing a multiplayer game must be solved first. For example, imagine a game of Halma for 4 players. What to do if one player timeouts? Remove his pieces completely? [because they can avoid other players to finish the game]

16. septembra 2005, 07:11:02

Subjekt: Re: cursor

grenv: I never change fonts.

16. septembra 2005, 07:12:31

Subjekt: Re: multiplayers game

Marfitalu: I've seen a wooden desk board of this game in one Prague shop, it's called Brainstorming or something like that. I like it :-)

16. septembra 2005, 10:46:58

nabla

Subjekt: Re: Storm on the Chessboard

Marfitalu: The english traduction for that one reads "Knightmare". It is really funny !

16. septembra 2005, 11:14:36

Please don't forget there is a special board to discuss chess variants which are not implemented here - Other chess variants.

16. septembra 2005, 15:45:41

grenv

Subjekt: Re: cursor

Fencer: Strange, it's only in this forum that the cursor has a strange pixel attached and is very thick, but only using Firefox. IE works fine, but I hate using IE.

16. septembra 2005, 15:54:09