rlabraham

Currently BBO shows a little popup on its screen when a "Followed" user logs in, but this does not help if you have gone off to read email, etc., while waiting for your partner to log in. This suggestion is for BBO to give a little audible "ding" whenever another user logs in if that user is being "Followed" by the current user. I realize that perhaps this would not be simple if BBO does not update the People list when BBO does not have focus. But if you can do it, it would be quite useful. This probably should be done only if the waiting user is not already in a game (or maybe only if not in a Competitive game). Or it even could be limited to only if the current user has the intended partner's name already in the Invitation screen, though I would favor a broader limitation.

During bidding, once a valid bid has been formed, you show the OK button (if the bid confirmation option is set On). It would be useful (to me) if underneath that button you showed the bid that would be made (i.e., Pass, 2♠, X, etc.). This gives yet another chance for the bidder to detect a bid formation error. Every now and then I find that I did not make the bid I intended. I imagine this would be rather simple to implement, and there is plenty of empty area below the OK button. Perhaps an even more elegant solution would be to replace the contents of the "OK" button with text such as "Bid PASS", "Bid 2♠", "Bid X", etc.