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knightnothorse
12/04/2008
08:40:19
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 Subject: Thanks for the notification of new features
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Just want to give a general "Thanks" to the GK community for updating all of us on new features that come down the way. Since we don't hear much from Gameknot on recent additions, it's nice to know that the community will pick up on the upgrades and let us all know. :)
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chessbaker
12/04/2008
10:59:43
[ report abuse ] | indeed
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yes, why we don't here anything from GK when there is a new feature. We must all discover it ourselves..
Is that normal?
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heinzkat
12/04/2008
12:40:32
[ report abuse ] | Ten new "features":
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1) On a chess puzzle, under "More options" now you can choose between a variety of possibilities:
"Previous unsolved puzzle
Next unsolved puzzle
Previous puzzle (any)
Next puzzle (any)
Next harder puzzle
Next similar diff. puzzle
Next easier puzzle
All puzzles"
 gameknot.com
2) Players with over 1000 games played, now have it displayed as 1,000 games (added a comma).
gameknot.com
3) You cannot click the green online icon anymore; it used to give a pop-up that tells you the player has been seen online during the past ten minutes.
gameknot.com (this link will not give the wished effect if you have your online status hidden)
4) The postponement days are reset on the 1st of December of each year, instead of on the 1st of January.
gameknot.com
5) You have to decline a draw offer before you are allowed to submit a move.
gameknot.com
6) You can choose to be sent a reminder to solve the daily contest puzzle every day via your GameKnot messages/e-mail address.
gameknot.com
7) There was added a 49th FAQ question.
gameknot.com
8) On team pages you can choose to sort the players on rating, name, or active/past team games.
gameknot.com
9) The open team challenges list has gotten a slightly improved lay-out; also the accepting of a challenge for team (co-)captains has been smoothened somewhat by immediately showing the rating differences between the players.
gameknot.com
10) ...and a lot of small visual changes; i.e. the replacement of a [ ] link with a ยป.
gameknot.com
Not particularly updates that need to be mentioned on the "What's new on GameKnot" list. It would be nice if some "small upgrades list" was shown publicly though...
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wulebgr
12/04/2008
16:48:34
[ report abuse ] | Why?
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5) You have to decline a draw offer before you are allowed to submit a move.
In over the board play, a move is considered declining the offer. Most other turn-based sites also treat draw offers this way.
Why did GameKnot make a change that in effect alters the rules tournament players expect?
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algol
12/04/2008
18:19:57
[ report abuse ] | It makes sense
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Incredible - but I have missed a draw offer while playing an endgame out real-time. Not that it mattered much - the position was a dead draw. I am happy with the change.
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chessnovice
12/04/2008
20:28:26
[ report abuse ] | ...
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I'm not particularly thrilled with the change. If anything, I think it should be optional as a part of preferences. I know on yahoo chess, the system is the same way. It frequently gets abused. People offer draw as a method of being annoying, basically forcing you to do one extra thing before making your move. The stakes aren't as severe here since we have more time to play, but I think there is still potential for it being annoying.
In live play, you don't need to acknowledge the draw offer in order to reject it. And in correspondence, I believe it's the same thing. I'm not a huge fan of that particular change, though there are some other touch-ups to the site lately that I do like.
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heinzkat
12/04/2008
21:45:42
[ report abuse ] | 5)
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The point is that this is no real-time chess. The change is pretty good (for the reason Algol gave)
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cyberknight999
12/05/2008
08:48:05
[ report abuse ] | What would we do without Heinzkat
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to keep us update to date with everything on GK.
Thanks HeinzKat.
CK
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chessnovice
12/05/2008
10:42:05
[ report abuse ] | heinzkat
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I think it's good as a default setting, but I would personally prefer not to have an extra process to go through... however trivial it may seem. I would at least like the option to decline and move at the same time.
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markb56
12/05/2008
11:37:47
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Is there a formal way of suggesting changes to GK? I would like to suggest to GK that they add a suggestion box!
The closest thing to a suggestion box is the FAQ file where a magic "50th" FAQ entry will appear only after having selected one of the other FAQs which gives a link for contacting GK only if your question wasn't answered by the previous 49 FAQs (quite a clever way of forcing folks to at least "read" something from the FAQ first!). When I have submitted a suggestion via the 50th FAQ it immediately responds back with something like "149 emails are ahead of you", which makes me feel sorry for whoever has to read these emails -- or maybe this is a "bluff" just to make me be patient -- sort of like MUZAK when being put on hold waiting for the next available operator.
BTW: My latest suggestion was to do with the puzzle page -- if you enter a specific puzzle number in the "VIEW" window you get the puzzle, but you don't see the statistics (i.e. number of solvers, difficulty, etc.). In order to see this information you have to then wander through the pages using the "1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ... 169" method which can be very tedious.
GK kindly acknowledged my suggestion within a couple of days saying that their development team would consider my suggestion. I guess they have more than one or two people working behind the scenes if they have a "team".
Markb.
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heinzkat
12/11/2008
06:17:21
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Message:
Bookmarks interface has been slightly improved:
gameknot.com
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heinzkat
12/11/2008
08:48:45
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Message:
"Hello, heinzkat,
We are working on a new version of the Blitz Chess, however we
do not have an ETA date of when it might be available at this
time.
Thank you for choosing GameKnot as your premier chess
battlefield!
Best regards,
GameKnot.com
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In response to your inquiry submitted on 22-Aug-08, 03:10
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Question: is there any update "in the works" on GameKnot's blitz application?
Greetings,
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GK-8099b569-8acbb3e7-ebc5f5c5"
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garos
12/13/2008
03:11:48
[ report abuse ] | Another change?
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I have noticed that when an opponent is online and it is your move, that the game goes to the top of the list, and other games, with less time remaining for you to make a move, stay in order below. Has anyone else noticed this, or am I just finally realising something that has been happening for months?
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heinzkat
12/13/2008
03:17:36
[ report abuse ] | Garos
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This has been so for at least three and a half years :-)
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ccmcacollister
12/13/2008
14:59:54
[ report abuse ] | Having a busy fingers day ....
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so I just finally noticed now that I could speed thru my game with turning of the mouse wheel (!) and not have to click on the direction arrows present on the screen~! I do like it.
Also Thanks for the updates heinzkat
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heinzkat
12/13/2008
15:06:06
[ report abuse ] | CCMCA
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I have nothing to do with these updates. :-)
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garos
12/13/2008
20:54:21
[ report abuse ] | Heinzkat
Message:
So, years rather than months, eh? I've not noticed it before.
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heinzkat
12/15/2008
12:16:12
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Message:
I like this update (not sure how long it has been like this, as I barely have to use the page, only when I have forgotten how the pawns capture perhaps ;) )
gameknot.com
The nice thing is that you can play around the pieces on the boards.
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cyberknight999
12/17/2008
07:28:52
[ report abuse ] | But...
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the pawns will not promote :(
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heinzkat
12/21/2008
06:19:58
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Game comments and game settings interface have been improved
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knightnothorse
12/24/2008
12:48:30
[ report abuse ] | Has this been mentioned?
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On the game boards, now we have a larger SUBMIT button as well as what type of game to go to after submit button is clicked (e.g. game with shortest time remaining or least amount of moves, etc. etc.). Nice job!
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heinzkat
12/25/2008
02:01:07
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Message:
More visual improvements on the boards - look at the "game notes". Good improvement indeed.
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amateurke
12/26/2008
04:05:20
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Message:
That pop-up opening everytime my mouse passes to the SUBMIT button is pretty annoying!!
Then it stays open for 2 seconds.
At least make it unfold immediatly when leaving that popup window?
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cyberknight999
12/26/2008
07:51:11
[ report abuse ] | Agreed...
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Nice feature but the "where to go next" options should roll up immediately after you leave the area it covers
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caro-kann
12/30/2008
01:40:08
[ report abuse ] | Not sure how new this is,
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but I noticed that after I lost a game, the notification in the "Messages" now shows my new rating, which is quite helpful since I don't check too much. I assume the same happens when I win, but it would take me a long time to check that :)
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garos
12/30/2008
03:24:14
[ report abuse ] | Submit button
Message:
Not sure about the new size... Usually I enter the new move, then overcome with uncertainty, go to the analyze board. Then, when I return, if I want to reset, that large 'submit' button is very easy to hit. Personally, I think it should have been made smaller;)
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heinzkat
12/30/2008
17:08:22
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Message:
gameknot.com
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heinzkat
12/31/2008
03:12:30
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Message:
Take a look at gameknot.com - Past games improved over the older version, gameknot.com.
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chilliman
1/01/2009
23:32:06
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Message:
this was a great site 2yrs ago and has improved in so many ways since then. thanks GK for not sitting back resting on your laurels - my lifetime membership goes up in value every month!!!
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