sartaj1 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Fred/Uday, Any plans for an iphone app ? Sartaj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hi Sartaj, You can already watch vugraph on your iPhone through: www.bridgebase.com/mobile The program that you can access through the above link is not really an "App" because Apps run only on iPhones and this program will run on a variety of mobile devices - in theory it will run on any device that includes a Javascript-enabled web browser. That includes "normal" computers (ie non-mobile devices) of course. Note that this program won't do much unless a vugraph match is actually going on. It would be quite easy for us to extend this program so that it would be possible to play bridge on BBO too (though making a nice interface for some aspects of playing might be challenging). I am sure this will happen eventually, but I don't know when it rates to happen. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Hi Sartaj, You can already watch vugraph on your iPhone through: www.bridgebase.com/mobile The program that you can access through the above link is not really an "App" because Apps run only on iPhones and this program will run on a variety of mobile devices - in theory it will run on any device that includes a Javascript-enabled web browser. That includes "normal" computers (ie non-mobile devices) of course. Note that this program won't do much unless a vugraph match is actually going on. It would be quite easy for us to extend this program so that it would be possible to play bridge on BBO too (though making a nice interface for some aspects of playing might be challenging). I am sure this will happen eventually, but I don't know when it rates to happen. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Cool - this seems to work on my crackberry too. Are you going to configure this to kibitz too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Are you going to configure this to kibitz too? Sorry Phil, but I am not sure what you mean. You can watch from the point of view of a single player (ie hide the other players' hands) by "clicking" on the name of the player you want to watch. Clicking that player's name again will restore the default state of affairs in which all four hands are displayed. If that doesn't answer your question, please clarify. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I think he means that you can currently only use it to watch Vugraph matches, you can't kibbitz ordinary tourneys, team games, or MBC tables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Are you going to configure this to kibitz too? Sorry Phil, but I am not sure what you mean. You can watch from the point of view of a single player (ie hide the other players' hands) by "clicking" on the name of the player you want to watch. Clicking that player's name again will restore the default state of affairs in which all four hands are displayed. If that doesn't answer your question, please clarify. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Fred: You said I can watch vugraph. I would like to be able to kibitz a table. Not in vugraph, but in the MBC, or a TG or whatever. OK? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sartaj1 Posted December 24, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Hi Sartaj, You can already watch vugraph on your iPhone through: www.bridgebase.com/mobile The program that you can access through the above link is not really an "App" because Apps run only on iPhones and this program will run on a variety of mobile devices - in theory it will run on any device that includes a Javascript-enabled web browser. That includes "normal" computers (ie non-mobile devices) of course. Note that this program won't do much unless a vugraph match is actually going on. It would be quite easy for us to extend this program so that it would be possible to play bridge on BBO too (though making a nice interface for some aspects of playing might be challenging). I am sure this will happen eventually, but I don't know when it rates to happen. Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.comThanks for your comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdct Posted December 24, 2009 Report Share Posted December 24, 2009 Note that this program won't do much unless a vugraph match is actually going on.Up until a few days ago the url www.bridgebase.com/test1/ would present a list of about 10 tables to kibitz with the vugraph matches shaded yellow. The available tables seemed to be based on kibitzer numbers so the Cayne matches were invariably available at the relevant time of day. Checking on my iPhone now, I get a "No tables found" message even though through the windows client I can see that the "51st Winter National Holkars Trophy - Final" is on vugraph right now. I tried both /test1 and /mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 No techie, I, but would it help if the iphone has been jailbroken? I suspect not since the software is cloud-based rather than installed on the phone. But then, perhaps you could instal the windows client on the iphone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uday Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Jailbreaking not relevant. We just need a way for him to browse a normal table rather than a vugraph table. I was thinking about adding a public link (like the old /test1) that listed (say) the 100 busiest open tables. Not sure that this is the smart way..probably a web page that drilled thru all the tables/tourneys etc might be more useful. But I'm guessing that almost no one would care...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdct Posted December 25, 2009 Report Share Posted December 25, 2009 Whichever way /test1 was set up a week or two ago worked fine and seemed to do exactly what you describe (showing the top 10 or so tables by numbers of kibitzers). I'm not sure what you mean by "I'm guessing that almost no one would care". In my small circle of iPhone-packing bridge-playing Australian friends, I know several people who regularly kibitz from their iPhone so surely this would extrapolate to a reasonable number of people worldwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted December 26, 2009 Report Share Posted December 26, 2009 You say jailbreaking is not relevant, but would you not be able to install a windows emulator on a jailbroken phone and then run the windows client through the emulator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdct Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 I doubt the windows client would be playable on the small screen without at least two undos per trick. I tried it using VNC to a PC running the window client and it was OK to kibitz but impossible to play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1eyedjack Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Is there likely to be any difference, now or in the future, in the experience of BBO on the iphone 3G(S) contrasted with the HTC HD2 windows mobile version, can anyone say? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted December 27, 2009 Report Share Posted December 27, 2009 Is there likely to be any difference, now or in the future, in the experience of BBO on the iphone 3G(S) contrasted with the HTC HD2 windows mobile version, can anyone say?The screen resolution of the mobile device will have an impact on user experience. There are some aspects of basic user interface objects that are not the same in all mobile devices (the way you scroll the text in the chat area, if you can do it all, for example). I don't know if all mobile devices behave the same way when you change their orientation from landscape to portrait. This is something that I expect will be more or less standardized in the future. Unless the mobile device in question can run a Javascript-enabled browser (in which the implemenation of Javascript actually works), you won't be able to run the vugraph application at all. I don't want to get too involved in trying to predict the future :) Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrdct Posted January 5, 2010 Report Share Posted January 5, 2010 Is there any chance of going back to the old version of the mobile viewer to be able to kibitz teams matches and MBC tables from the iPhone? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted February 2, 2010 Report Share Posted February 2, 2010 Is there any chance of going back to the old version of the mobile viewer to be able to kibitz teams matches and MBC tables from the iPhone?There is now a link for "other tables" at the top of this page: www.bridgebase.com/mobile Thanks Uday, not me :( Fred GitelmanBridge Base Inc.www.bridgebase.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmc Posted February 4, 2010 Report Share Posted February 4, 2010 Ty Uday and Fred. I've really missed this link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwbarton Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Minor bug that confused me briefly before I found this thread: The URL http://bridgebase.com/test1 still exists, but says "No tables found" even when (as now) there are Vugraph matches in progress. The new /mobile URL works great though, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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