po-s

You are so helpful! Yes, I suppose I can ask friends to kibitz to be able to collect files from a dozen pairs. Yes, I may be able to find some resigned or deceased BBO users who are willing to give their user names to TNGs (or new TOGs). But it is hardly a satisfactory solution, and certainly not a long-term one. So nag,nag...I try once more: (Do BBO insiders read this forum, and can say yes, no, planned?) Can bidding sessions be saved in the web version? Can I access them without being one of the bidders or having kibitzed? Is it possible to convert a session (of play or just bidding) to some text format that you can read without having to click through tricks or bidding rounds? Something like: Date and Name of tournament (if any) Board 1 W N E S John Jack Jill Sue bid bid bid bid bid bid all pass Tricks HA H2 H4 H7 H3 HT HK H9 etc Board 2 --- The trick part skipped for bidding sessions - if anyone was in doubt.

Thankyou guys, If I understand your answers correctly: 1. It should be possible to download BBO but only if you were a member before September 2012. And using that you can as participating player or kibitzer get recorded sessions if you asked for it. Sadly new members (to bridge or to life...) won´t be able to do so (unless they can inherit somebody else´s user name) My Mac user friends were unable to do it last year - perhaps it is technically possible now.... 2. As neither of you suggests a way to reach bidding sessions using the web version I assume that as far as you know it isn´t possible. That should mean there is some kind of software on and off switch to save or not to save bidding sessions depending on your using download or web version (as opposed to playing which is always saved)? So what can newcomers do?

Yes Phil, It can be done in the download version to the actual players/bidders and actual kibitzers (if you marked that option in your profile). However, I am told that it is no longer possible to download BBO. So what if you/they are (stuck with) using the web one? Can I find and access my pupils´ bidding sessions later even if I wasn´t there at the time?

Hi all coaches, teachers. mentors, advisors.... In the old world - when we had downloaded BBO to our own pc we could get records of play (and I believe also pure bidding) sessions sent home to us - unless you were a Mac person It was convenient to study a session without having to click to each board, and to each trick which I think is necessary with the web version centrally saved "Movie" files. I have two questions: Can I get a whole session as some form of text file with the tricks and bids listed ? Is there a way to save a bidding session? And of course perhaps a software improvement suggestion: If the answer to my questions above is NO then please, make it possible! If the answer is YES, how do I do it or where do I find out how? Regards PO Sundelin (trying to follow the efforts of my junior coachees without having to kibitz everything realtime...)