Random software improvement ideas

[EdmundB]

Of course, I very much appreciate BBO. Having said that:

 

1: Skip Bids. Let's put an 8-second hold on the next bid, or at least the appearance of one.

 

2: Autoplay of Singletons. need to add a bit of randomness, because it's quite apparent what's going on now, even to partner.

 

3: Status adjustments of departed players. The departure of a player is often when one realizes she's a not-so-nice person. and when the player's handle goes red on the chat screen, there goes the ability to adjust her status. Unfortunate.

 

3a: Blacklisting! If my friends have found a person to be unacceptable, it would be great if my status of that person changed automatically. Perhaps blacklist / friend lists could be created for groups, which one could join.

 

4: As indicated elsewhere, perhaps all of us have felt abused by players who have left for a tournament. How about an indicator on the player name bar (or whatever you call it) for players who have signed up for a tournament?

 

5: Some way to change the scoring format of a table when the score is reset would be nice. Right now, the way to change a table's scoring method is to abandon it. :-(

 

6: It would be nice to know who's declining claims. (of course all my claims are valid -- except for the ones that aren't.)

 

7: How about permitting illegal actions? :rolleyes: One of the joys in FTF bridge is accepting insufficient bids. OK, maybe not this.

 

Whew!

[lucky_dom]

All good ideas, except 6 (and 7!). 2 is especially important I think. As for 6, if your claim is rejected it's either because you don't have the tricks you thought you did or you didn't explain your claim properly. If you find out who rejected the claim, it could give you insight into where the missing cards are.

 

dom

[aisha759]

sounds like you've been playing on OKbridge Edmud :)

from what i remember a few of the options you mentioned are available there, but maybe i'm wrong.

as for group "blacklists" i dont agree its a very good idea; we all have a list of friends we just say "hello" to occasionally, but still keep them as friends; if you have a long list, and each friend has one enemy, you end up with a bunch of blacklisted people.... then again, if you only have 2 friends :( then its really not a problem (he he)

 

Aisha

[JRG]

Of course, I very much appreciate BBO. Having said that:

 

3: Status adjustments of departed players. The departure of a player is often when one realizes she's a not-so-nice person. and when the player's handle goes red on the chat screen, there goes the ability to adjust her status. Unfortunate.

If you go into the Modify User Profile dialog box (if you are sitting at a table, right-click on your own name), there is a "Friends/Enemies..." selection.

 

Choose it and you get a "Manage Friends/Enemies" dialog. If you click on "Show Enemies", the list will show enemies (and changes to "Show Friends"). You can add or delete people from either list regardless of whether they are online or not.

[EdmundB]

thanks for the tip on list management, and for the other comments.

 

What I really was hoping for is an implementation of "Deuces Wild." :D