Version 3.7.5 Available for Testing

[fred]

Suggest you read this entire post before downloading as

version 3.7.5 is not meant for everyone.

 

You can download a program that will update your BBO

to the latest version:

 

www.bridgebase.com/beta375/bbo_update.exe

 

or download everything from scratch:

 

www.bridgebase.com/beta375/bbo_setup.exe

 

I suggest you use the update method unless you really

think you know what you are doing!

 

In theory this version of the BBO client is capable of

supporting many different languages, but the data files

for only English and Spanish are included in this build.

 

Many thanks to John Plaut (Granguru) who did the

Spanish translations at close to the speed of light!

 

If you are interested in providing translations into other

languages, look for an upcoming post by Uday.

 

WARNING: 3.7.5 has not been seriously tested and it

could contain some "instabilities". I do not suggest you

download it if you are hoping for all sorts of amazing new

features that you can use. Best to only get involved if

you want to help us with testing (or if you speak Spanish

or if you are interested in providing translations for

other languages).

 

Good news is that it is relatively easy to revert back to

version 3.7.3 if 3.7.5 causes problems for you.

 

Here is how multi-lingual BBO will work:

 

- When a person first runs the multi-lingual version

(ie anything 3.7.5 or higher), the program will detect

the language that his PC's version of Windows is set to.

 

- BBO will use that language if there is a translation

available for it (right now only Spanish is available).

 

- Otherwise BBO will use English (and you will get an

annoying message telling you that your language is

not available).

 

- You can change your BBO language through the Options

dialog (access with the button on the toolbar that looks like

a gear). There are about 5 languages in the list now, but

only English and Spanish work. Hopefully we will be able

to offer MANY languages before too long.

 

Version 3.7.5 contains a few new minor features and

several bug fixes as well.

 

If you have a Spanish version of Windows installed on your

PC and if you are willing to try 3.7.5, please let me know if

the language comes up as Spanish when you first run this

version of BBO!

 

Also, please let me know if you see any English when you

are running in Spanish mode.

 

You can either post here or e-mail me:

 

fred@bridgebase.com

 

I am going to a tournament tomorrow and I may not be able

to respond to e-mail or posts for a week or so.

 

Thanks in advance for any feedback you can provide.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[fred]

Good news - the "instabilities" I wrote about in my previous

post have been fixed now. There could still be problems, but

I am fairly confident that 3.7.5 is now at least as stable (and

perhaps more stable) than 3.7.3.

 

So, if you thinking of trying 3.7.5 and my dire warning scared

you off, you may want to think about it again.

 

The URLs for upgrading are the same as before and the version

number remains 3.7.5, but there are new files there now. If

you download 3.7.5 already, I strongly suggest you do it again.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[uday]

Some known bugs. We'll deal w/these when FG returns

 

- NEW TABLE screen

IMPs and MP are flipped; selecting IMP gets you MP and vice versa

 

- PROFILE

Ignore Enemies and Ignore Lobby chat are flipped.

 

- SHOW PLAYER HISTORY ( for TDs only).

One of the confirmation dialogs, which should say "OK", "Cancel", says "Cance", " ". Click Cancel for OK, and the blank one for Cancel

 

- CHAT WINDOW

First choice is "Chat to this room", should be "This room"