🚀 go-pugleaf

Alberich wrote:
> 
> So, I hit a nerve, huh? My accurate assessments of the deficiences of
> Winboard are pretty on the nose, I'm sorry to say. And yes, maybe you can
> send me fries with that. But I don't need you to polish my shoes, just
> improve Winboard to make it the BEST product on the web out there.

I suspect just looking at Winboard you underestimate the amount
of effort Tim has put in, remember xboard supports all those
other platforms, I mean if it was just Win32 users, and one
chess engine, he had catered for I dare say he would have
implemented eternal life by now ;)

> It's these little things that annoy me because they're the kind of "why
> didn't they include that?" 

I must say the limited fixed sized boards are a little annoying
in X, I suspect some of it dates back to the early days when
architecture decisions needed to be made or nothing would ever
have been written. Software is like that, and we forget too
quickly just how things have changed during the life of a
project. Cross platform GUI stuff is a lot more approachable
than it was even a few years ago.

> In any case, you're doing a good job with Winboard.

Seconded (and a great job picking up the deficiencies in certain
engines as well).

> It's the best program on the web.

Hmm, I'm not sure how you would compare it with something like
the linux kernel, but it is definitely my most used "chess"
program.

All this and he has a real job as well.