New boad interface released

Originally posted by Russ
Please see the leading post from this thread and use the legacy board. This should help.

-Russ

He mentioned it's a mobile browser. Probably having the same issue I am 🙁

I couldn't move on the old board code either.

russ

it looks great.

one small glitch (you may know about)...
the 'my home - site map ...etc' and copyright notice at the botton of the page sometimes appears too high up (it actually appears over other bits of information).

i got this just now looking at Game 1803940
i'm running the latest version of firefox (on pc)

From what I have seen it looks good! Thought it may have taken a little longer to load but that may have been my flaky connection so no worries.

GV

p.s. it's not doing it anymore!
i LOVE the new boards.
thanks russ

Originally posted by murrow
p.s. it's not doing it anymore!
i LOVE the new boards.
thanks russ

This appears to be an intermittent Firefox rendering bug. If you have this problem, just refresh, and it should go away.

-Russ

Originally posted by Russ
The new board interface was released today. There are plenty of architectural changes (for reasons to be announced soon), plus a number of presentation changes and new features.

As stated before, some people with older browser may experience problems, so a legacy interface is available.

From the board settings page, click the link contained below :

[ ...[text shortened]... an upgrade your browser. (All current versions of most browsers should be compatible.)

-Russ

I play on several other chess sites and this is the only site that has made any improvements in that last couple of years. Thanks, Russ.

Originally posted by Nighthawk62
From what I have seen it looks good! Thought it may have taken a little longer to load but that may have been my flaky connection so no worries.

GV

The first request as you load new javascript and style sheets will probably take a little longer, and then it should be as fast (if not faster) than before.

-Russ

Wow! Incredible! The new variety of board styles possible are great! The Analysis Board changes... Well done, sir!

Originally posted by Drax946
Wow! Incredible! The new variety of board styles possible are great! The Analysis Board changes... Well done, sir!

Totally agree. Superb stuff. Hope it improves my game.

wonderful, thanks Russ.
The pieces are not so beautiful anymore - did you change here anything? I use the newspaper set...
th

The new site is very welcome, especiaily the 'flip board' facility. It is amazing how often "winnng" moves look more like losers from the other side (and vice versa of course).

Oh dear. I have a complaint, and it probably isn't easy to fix 🙁

I was thinking I could use redhotchess on my mobile to view boards in legacy mode, and redhotpawn everywhere else, but it looks like settings save between sites. Obviously I don't want to change my site settings every time I switch between a desktop and a mobile.

With the new update notes option I was going to be able to put in my notes the move I wanted to make, then be able to make it from a real computer at a later time.

nice updates, good work sir

one thing i dont like the pieces now, i think that they are too big even when i make the board to the large size

Originally posted by Russ
The new board interface was released today. There are plenty of architectural changes (for reasons to be announced soon), plus a number of presentation changes and new features.

As stated before, some people with older browser may experience problems, so a legacy interface is available.

From the board settings page, click the link contained below :

[ ...[text shortened]... an upgrade your browser. (All current versions of most browsers should be compatible.)

-Russ

Russ-
I updated my browser(windows XP and OE), then gave it a try. My analyze game was still doing the same thing - loading painfully slowly each time a piece was clicked on(all pices disappear for about 5 seconds, and then reapear in ones and twos over the next 15-20 seconds).
So I followed the instructions in your post (that I'm quoting here). Now there is no analyze board option availible what so ever. Does this mean I will no longer have that feature availible to me as long as I have to use the legacy interface?

Is this slowness on ananlyze board a browser problem, or a memory problem? In other words, if I install more memory on my pc will the analyze game work properly back on the modern browser setting?

I liked the board, pieces and graphics just the way they were. Now the pieces are ugly and the board is ugly... and what the heck is going on with the "altering colors of the squares on the board" showing where the opponent's piece moved FROM and where to? I HATE THIS! It really, really interferes with my concentration.

Please make that a feature we can turn off!