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RE: [Bug-gnubg] Suggestion from GV
From: |
Ian Shaw |
Subject: |
RE: [Bug-gnubg] Suggestion from GV |
Date: |
Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:56:15 +0100 |
From: Albert Silver
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:24 PM
> To: GNUBackgammon bug reporting
> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Suggestion from GV
>
> I like the idea but would add that I'd prefer it if the
> buttons (should
> they be implemented) didn't say 1-1, 2-1, 1-2 as Snowie does
> but instead
> DMP, GG, GS. I'll be honest, I never understood what those
> buttons were
> for in Snowie until I saw this comment. It's true that a strong player
> may immediately understand that these scores mean DMP, Gammon-Go, and
> Gammon-save, but I think that is taking it too far by forcing
> players to
> first understand what the button is, and then what the scores imply.
>
Ah, but is it true that a non-GoL reader will immediately understand
what GG and GS mean? I don't think the terms are in widespread use. I
still see new readers of the GoL forum asking what they mean.
--
Ian