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GameKnot related: If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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markb56
01-Jan-09, 13:02

If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

All I can say with all the latest GK changes is: so what!? All I want for the coming new year is for GK to "unfix" the GAME NOTES window so that I can enter notes from the ANALYSIS BOARD. With the recent changes to the GAME NOTES window this is no longer possible.

chessnovice
01-Jan-09, 13:54

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Changes take getting used to. I wasn't savvy with the game notes changes at first, but now it's just second nature. Just give yourself time to get accustomed to new things.

levellerlevvie
02-Jan-09, 00:03

markb56

Why wouldn't that be possible ....

THe analysisboard opens in a different window and the gamenotes are on the main-board .... you can open them both at once so entering text in the game notes should be no problem ...

or am I missing something here??

kingdawar
02-Jan-09, 02:36

Deleted by kingdawar on 02-Jan-09, 03:26.

kingdawar
02-Jan-09, 03:25

Mark

1 - As chessnovice says, you always need some time to get used to any change;
2 - Have you sent this as a suggestion to gameknot_com already? Although I suspect gameknot_com to read every suggestion here, still you need to send them in them a message via gameknot.com to be sure. I have suggested to add an "edit note" feature on the analyze board, in the "note tab". Be patient and they might even fix it within reasonable time.

levellerlevvie: copy-paste from the previous thread in which the issue is explained:

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markb56 12/28/2008
Subject: Problem with GAME NOTES WINDOW

Message:
I use the GAME NOTES WINDOW (GNW) to enter and save my analyses from the analysis window. With the recent changes to the GNW, I can no longer do this because the GNW is now a sub-frame of the GAME window instead of a separate pop-up window -- when I click on the GNW, the GAME window comes forward and covers-up the analysis window! When I bring the analysis window forward I can no longer type in the GNW -- if I click on the GNW then the GAME window eclipses the analysis window, etc. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING!

I am running Mac OS-X using FireFox, so I wonder if Windows users are having similar problems?

Please GameKnot, *PLEASE*: change the GAME NOTES WINDOW back to being a separate pop-up instead of a sub-frame inside the GAME window! Or at least make this behavior a configurable option.

heinzkat 12/28/2008

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...or add an "edit note" option on the analysis board - the note already is there in a "tab", so why not add the function to edit that note too.

baronderkilt
02-Jan-09, 09:00

WOW a real BUMMER

Wonder WHAT HAPPENED. Playing one game of Chess now and was keeping NOTES of variations, suddenly today I find that several days worth of the notes have dissappeared. They had some comments to them. But were mostly lines of variations that I did "COPY" from the game scoresheet of the analysis board page, and then would PASTE to the NOTES box.

I wondered if I just ran out of space in the box, lengthwise. But am almost certain that the notes did enter to it originally, and now are gone. They also were made at different times or days but all after a certain day just left regardless of when-after that they were entered there.

Anyone else lose their NOTES ?

kingdawar
02-Jan-09, 09:09

CCMCA

That might be part of the "transition" - I noticed some game comments got deleted automatically too when the new system was introduced. To be sure, send a message to gameknot_com...

baronderkilt
02-Jan-09, 09:18

Thank You

heinzkat . I wondered that. Thanks for the info.
I did send a PM to my opponent just now so he can make sure HIS NOTES are still there~! (Maybe if I ask nicely, he will let me look at HIS notes, since mine are gone ??! ... or, maybe not; Oh well. ... }8-D

markb56
02-Jan-09, 11:08

I don't use copy-paste between the ANALYSIS board and the GAME NOTES window because I want everything on a single line and it isn't that difficult for me to do a little typing as long as I can view both boards while typing into the GAME NOTES window. But it's not so easy when the analysis board disappears whenever I start typing in the GN window. I suppose I could buy a double-wide screen so that I could drag the ANALYSIS window off to the side and still see it, or I could shrink the game board down to almost nothing so that I could type in the GN window and still see the ANALYSIS board. Or if I had a better memory I could just enter in my variations from memory!

HEINZKAT: Yes, I have sent my comments to GK and they said they would forward them to their development team. I also like your suggestion of being able to edit notes directly from the analysis window, which I also forwarded to GK.

So if I'm the only one bothered by the new game notes window then I'll just suck it up and live with it. Although surely there has to be at least one other person who feels my pain .

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