RHP iPhone client app

Russ

Just seen this, if you need another beta tester pm me.

kev

Originally posted by GalaKev
Russ

Just seen this, if you need another beta tester pm me.

kev

It is now open to anyone (or should be?) so if you are blocked from accessing it, please let me know.

If you do see any problems though, please do post back here.

Thanks for fixing the preference cookie!

Next thing I'd put on the list of wanted features is a display of captured pieces, if you can.

Great job with this app Russ, really appreciate it! Just wondering if you plan to add game analysis to it. Unfortunetly it's a crutch I can't get over.

thanks again!

Originally posted by procopio
Great job with this app Russ, really appreciate it! Just wondering if you plan to add game analysis to it. Unfortunetly it's a crutch I can't get over.

thanks again!

Seconded!

Disable the 'Move' button after it has been pressed. A 'cached' press affects the next game usually resulting in an illegal move but in some cases it could result in a mis-move.

Does not scale properly with iPhone 3.0. On mine, the screen is very small and I can't resize it.

Originally posted by alohatiger
Does not scale properly with iPhone 3.0. On mine, the screen is very small and I can't resize it.

Nevermind, seems to work again.

Brilliant, thanks for your hard work Russ. This iphone functionality has brought me back to RHP.

A few thoughts for the next release:

1) Captured piece display.
2) Ability to rewind game move-by-move. Really helps to find your "thread" again if playing alot of games and you miss a couple of days.
3) Ability to view all current games - not just those waiting your move.
4) Have the option to make the board a little bigger. ie full screen view loosing the 2 or 3 grey/white borders currently visible. The Chess With Friends app still wins for clarity here - I would like to see the RHP dominate.

Thanks again. Great Stuff.

My 4 biggest requests for the iPhone app, in order..

1. Ability to view all current games - not just those waiting your move.
(I really dislike not being able to review games when it's not my turn)

2. Ability to rewind game move-by-move.

3. Captured piece display.

4. Ability to start a new game.

Otherwise... great work so far, seem slick and stable from what I can see.

-L

My suggestions:

- Ability to view ALL current games, even those not awaiting my move, is definitely necessary.

- A board analysis feature is also a must

- Ability to view games while offline. I have an ipod so I can only get on the site when on a wifi network. While online the ipod could store a FEN of each game. Then later when I'm on the bus, at the dentist, etc. I could view my games without needing wifi.

Thanks!

- Ability to view ALL current games, even those not awaiting my move, is definitely necessary.

- A board analysis feature is also a must

View all games will make it for sure, and an analysis board should be possible. On the next release.

Very nice. I'd like to request that you show the captured pieces after the board. Love the app.

Lee

Hi any more news on wether the iphone version will be modified to work on Android / chrome yet. This would be awesome.

Ps love the site, one of the best Ive seen!!

A captured piece display??

Why?

You don't look at the pieces that have been taken,
you should be looking at the board.

Been playing Chess for just under 50 years and I have yet
to be mated or even checked by a captured piece.

Look at the board!!

A captured piece display.....strewth....are you guys counting up the score?

1 for a pawn, 3 for a for Bishop, 5 for a Rook etc.

Stop it - it's bad for your Chess. Any good chess player will tell it's flawed.

And why are you guys playing chess on a an iphone?

You play chess on a full sized set.

I live in Edinburgh, right next to the Castle.

I have a chess set behind the bar at;

Sandy Bells, The Royal Oak, Mathers Bar, The Scotsman bar,
Milnes, The Cabbage and Ribs and Conan Doyle.

No matter where abouts in Edinburgh I am,
I am never more than 200 yards from a chess set.

Throw them silly iphone toys down the toilet and get yourselves sorted out.

Russ forget that one and get the Black PGN thingy fixed. (please).