Movie playing issue and others

[mghatiya]

Hi,

 

Thanks a lot for the wonderful software and service. However there are some minor issues that I have been facing and I feel if they are fixed, the software would be much easier to use.

Following are those:

 

1) The blinking of the icon in taskbar on my turn to bid/play doesn't work sometimes. Earlier I had complained about it when it didn't use to work at all. Now it works most of the times, but fails sometimes and results in people groaning on me. Please see if something can be done about it.

 

2) There is an option to be "invisible" to particular person. That option is never usable. Is there some particular condition in which it works? Or is it some option that would come in future versions?

 

3) I am not able to open movie files (.lin) through BBO software. Earlier I used to double click on them and they used to open up smoothly through BBO. But now I get error saying "Missing or corrupt language file". While this, it also creates some folders in the place where my .lin file is located. The folders created are "bm_results", "conventions","conv_cards","constraints","lists", "players", "temp". Then I need to delete these folders.

 

However, I can open the .lin file if I choose to 'open movie from computer', when I start the software. But even in that case, once the movie is opened, there is no option of opening another movie from there itself. I need to open another instance of software. Furthermore it doesn't remember from which location did I open the last .lin file. I have to browse to that location always. It doesn't support drag/drop either.

 

Please look into this.

 

4) Sometimes when I click on a bid to ask explanation for the bid, I get a text saying "no information available". How, why and when does that happen?

 

5) The way BBO has a section of "free tournaments", can we have a section for "free+open for public tournaments" as well? Because right now whenever I go, most of the tournaments are not open for public. And that serves no purpose, in my opinion. Also, is it possible to get some alerts when a tournament for public is created?

 

6) When a TD asks for substitutes, can there be a hyperlink to the tournament in that message? Its quite tedious to find the tournament in that list, from the number given. Or is there any other way of going to the tournament, which I am unaware of?

 

 

Regards,

Mukesh

[Rain]

Don't know some of your answers, here are those I can answer or want to comment on:

 

1) Don't know why sometimes it blinks, sometimes it doesn't. But why aren't you paying attention anyway =P Check back frequently, you're in a game with live players. You won't be doing this in a live game.

 

2) Your idea of how the invisibility thing work is a little wrong. Here's how it works: When you login to BBO, you are given the option to log in invisible. If you do so, most players in BBO won't see you unless you in the list of player names online. They will only see you if you join a table and start to kibitz or play there, or if you talk to them, they'll realise you're online and in BBO.

 

3) Please uninstall BBO, and reinstall it.

http://online.bridgebase.com/intro/install...ide_for_bbo.php

Probably will solve your problem

 

4) You see "no info available" when the person you are querying has not supplied an answer. Please be patient - people can only type so fast. And maybe he was afk and his minimized BBO did not blink. =P

 

5) I don't see alerts for tournament creation as possible future implementation. Most people will probably get really irritated if they see such a message every few minutes. Advanced sorting method....possible. Up to uday/fred.

 

6) Not really possible with the current client. Uday may do something different soon to improve this, but I won't hold my breath before the web bbo version is ready.

[mghatiya]

Thanks Rain.

 

1) Oh well, sometimes in tournaments when u r waiting for other tables to finish, u would tend to check a mail or two.

 

2) I understand the invisible concept you are talking about. I was talking about when you right click on a user and then click on 'edit player notes', there you get an option for "invisible". That option is always grayed out.

 

3) It works now. Thanks.

 

4) No, sometimes it so happens that even after bidding has gone to higher levels or even got over, and I still see no information.

 

5) Ok.

 

6) Ok.

[Rain]

2) I understand the invisible concept you are talking about. I was talking about when you right click on a user and then click on 'edit player notes', there you get an option for "invisible". That option is always grayed out.

 

 

This just shows you what that person is. Like, if he's a yellow, you'll see yellow, or friend, or enemy.

[zielona]

4) Sometimes when I click on a bid to ask explanation for the bid, I get a text saying "no information available". How, why and when does that happen?

I'm under the impression that 'no information available' is when the alert box was clicked away with nothing written.

[finally17]

It's nearly a month later, but whatever. I have some time and decided to read the bbo forums like i never do. Bet you won't be back, but no big deal.

 

1) I could be wrong, but I bet your computer not blinking is something on your end, not bbo's...

 

2) I just checked, and I'm not really clear on why that "invisible" box under player notes is even there, but if they are invisible at the moment, the radio button next to it will be checked. BBO uses those status options to sort out the player list in the lobby for you, and for whatever reason they decided to include that "invisible" option, but it doesn't seem that there's anything you can do about it.

 

3) I'm not sure what was happening, but if it happens again, I'm willing to bet all you need to do is reset your default program for opening .lin files. I'm sure if the "open movie from computer" option was working, then this will work too.

 

6) You could try right-click "join [speaker]'s table" and that should take you right where the TD is, unless said TD has disallowed kibs.