Any chance we can be given a choice with this? I can't seem to make my chess board look like it did, and I can't find it in any of the board options. I also think the new Homepage looks cluttered, and you have multiple options to get to the same place.... The overall design of the interface is far far too Windows 8 for my liking too...
PS - As subscribers, wouldn't a consultation process have been appropriate as we pretty much pay for the site? I think if you had done a survey of all members of RHP before you would probably have received massively positive feedback about the old site and a definite NO to any changes.
Perhaps I am an old stick in the mud but really don't like the new graphics nor the pop up box which appears when you write an in-game message to your opponents.
I don;t understand the reasons for the changes if the old interface worked perfectly. The 'new look' is too modern with too much appearing on the screen at once. It seems to have been designed for children or those with low IQs.
Sorry, but not impressed.
Chris
I agree. It is a major change. too much on the screen as randolf says. Also agree that why change something that worked so well??? Is this the crazy modern way? Update for the sake of it???
I'm devastated, this new look is awful, what was wrong with the old one? I cant even see all the board on my screen and find it so difficult to move peices, not to mention slow. Now how do I get my chess fix, I'm just going to have to hang myself! GIVE ME MY OLD RHP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes, I fear the Microsoft "update for the hell of it" disease has inflicted its symptoms on our favorite chess site. The items on the screen are now so large that multiple steps are needed to get to things that were available quickly under the old format.
1 vote against, though I do appreciate the fact that the site developers are struggling to keep the place updated and current.
One thing I liked about the old analyze board is that it did not have the distracting habit of highlighting squares in green when moving pieces. I wish there was an option to turn that off (or maybe there is and I just don't know about it).
Originally posted by gelston I'm devastated, this new look is awful, what was wrong with the old one? I cant even see all the board on my screen and find it so difficult to move peices, not to mention slow. Now how do I get my chess fix, I'm just going to have to hang myself! GIVE ME MY OLD RHP PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!
Try My Settings ... My Board Settings and set your board size to small. Helps a lot.
Originally posted by Hyperion7 I was a bit shocked. But now I like it, more options is good.
I downsized my board to the middle size and it looks like it used to, so I'm happy.
Does the new site improve my ranking?
MP
Given the fill on the Waiting, Game Won, Game Lost, Game Drawn entries.
Why not have different colours for Won, Lost and Drawn so you can see easily and in colour the game results?
Originally posted by Sleepyguy I'm disoriented a bit but I like it. Nice job. The only issue I have so far is I sometimes get the following bit of code displayed next to my user name in the upper right. Using Win & and Firefox 20.0.1.
Edit: It seems to only happen when I go to My Games.
(a href="#" onclick="XPopGamesUrgent( event );;return false;" title="Pop out urgent games"> ...[text shortened]... e.php" style="text-decoration:none;color:white;display:block">0 games waiting</a)
Russ,
I solved my own problem by disabling the Firefox RHP addon I had downloaded forever ago that shows a user's rating etc.. So never mind.
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