BBO V48r beta - feedback thread

[Rain]

In Challenges,

 

If it's a Challenge for/from a friend:

Click the challenge to cancel a challenge you issued to someone else, or accept/decline a challenge invite.

 

If it's a Challenge a stranger (otherwise known as an arena match up):

Currently the only way is to play out all hands to finish the match. You can just keep claiming down all if you don't wanna play.

We've just changed the limits so you can start another "challenge a stranger" without finishing the first one.

 

But we're still imposing the 10/3 limits right now.

[Rain]

Lycier your monitor is very big. It doesn't look like that for me. Enjoy your big monitor and make the right hand side bigger if you like. That's what your space is for.

 

Would you mind typing some chinese words in the feed post?

[lycier]

 

Would you mind typing some chinese words in the feed post?

 

Okay, I have done, I am glad to find that web BBO is very compatible with chinese characters, thanks to BBO.

[fred]

I think I have fixed the problem in which complete tricks sometimes disappear when they shouldn't. Thanks very much to those who provided information about this bug - you made it a lot easier for me to figure this out.

 

There is a new version available now that contains what I think and hope is a fix to this problem, but you will have to clear your browser cache in order to pick up the latest version.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[1eyedjack]

Yup that worked for me

[slothy]

Well that is all the excuse i need to mark you as an enemy, Rain. :P

[phoenix214]

I really like the challange idea but a few suggestions from my part.

First I dislike that the limit is 16 boards.

It would be better if it would be a bit more - say I can set a challange with a friend and play it over a few days - lets say a long match like 64 board. Although no idea how much one match takes space up.

Anyhow 16 imo is too small as a maximum value.

 

The second idea is that you can implement the challange with vugraph hands as well - I have played with a few friends that we play a vugraph match and then compare it and discuss it out - so it would be nice to able to used saved deals for the challange as well.

[frank0]

I really like the challange idea but a few suggestions from my part.

First I dislike that the limit is 16 boards.

It would be better if it would be a bit more - say I can set a challange with a friend and play it over a few days - lets say a long match like 64 board. Although no idea how much one match takes space up.

Anyhow 16 imo is too small as a maximum value.

 

The second idea is that you can implement the challange with vugraph hands as well - I have played with a few friends that we play a vugraph match and then compare it and discuss it out - so it would be nice to able to used saved deals for the challange as well.

 

Agree with this.

[fred]

I really like the challange idea but a few suggestions from my part.

First I dislike that the limit is 16 boards.

It would be better if it would be a bit more - say I can set a challange with a friend and play it over a few days - lets say a long match like 64 board. Although no idea how much one match takes space up.

Anyhow 16 imo is too small as a maximum value.

 

The second idea is that you can implement the challange with vugraph hands as well - I have played with a few friends that we play a vugraph match and then compare it and discuss it out - so it would be nice to able to used saved deals for the challange as well.

Good suggestions - thanks. I also really enjoy playing deals from vugraph matches.

 

We hope and thinks that Challenges will be a big hit. If so (and maybe if not) we will likely offer additional options for Challenges in future releases.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[lycier]

Lycier your monitor is very big. It doesn't look like that for me. Enjoy your big monitor and make the right hand side bigger if you like. That's what your space is for.

 

Even my monitor is very big, its size is 24 inch, I would disagree since I think it should have nothing to do with monitor size in the almost situations. And now you can see my picture is not the same as barmar, so today I open my another pc to check BBO. I will post some screenshots to tell you.

 

Monitor size : 19 inch

System : windows 10 profession version

Browser : Google chrome, IE11, edge.

 

 

1- While I use edge browser, I have no way to fill in my user's password normally. When I open Google chrome and IE11 respectively, there are no problem.

However their common problem is when we (including some my friends) log into bbo, its connection speed are slower than current client for every time, I beg BBO Don't slow down our chinese users' connection speed , we were too painful in the past. The connection speed for current bbo client is very good. Don't slow down.

 

2- While I open IE11 :

http://i66.tinypic.com/b49piq.jpg

 

 

3- While I open Google chrome :

 

http://i66.tinypic.com/4t39rt.jpg

 

 

4- While I open edge browser :

 

http://i66.tinypic.com/2h6vxy0.jpg

 

 

http://i66.tinypic.com/25inpkp.jpg

[lycier]

 

Would you mind typing some chinese words in the feed post?

 

Now I found that " News Feeds " is a very good design, excellent design concept.

[lycier]

New bbo client is wonderful and excellent, now it is just time for BBO to close old bbo program.But for our users from China mainland, our pain are :

 

1- While the total number of people online are over 10,000, some of people will be difficult to log into BBO, even logging into BBO, it is easier to lose the connection.

 

2- If over 15,000 - 17,000, too many people can't log into bbo normally, or only watch never play.

 

3- If over 18,000, most of us can't log into bbo, of course, including users of community optical fibers.

 

4- many people only like old bbo program, never use web client.

 

Just saying.

[scarletv]

I think I have fixed the problem in which complete tricks sometimes disappear when they shouldn't. Thanks very much to those who provided information about this bug - you made it a lot easier for me to figure this out.

 

There is a new version available now that contains what I think and hope is a fix to this problem, but you will have to clear your browser cache in order to pick up the latest version.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

Yup that worked for me

I still have the problem. Trick is skipped after short delay when I won the trick.

 

Same problem in Challenge

[albatroc]

My preference is to keep something from the old version:

1. Who's online tab to be on top of the left strip i.e. above News Feed.

2. Vugraph tab to be colored in yellow once open tables available there.

Overall, the new version is structured more user-friendly.

[fred]

I still have the problem. Trick is skipped after short delay when I won the trick.

 

Same problem in Challenge

Please close all browser windows and then, after reopening a browswer, make sure to clear your cache before trying again.

 

We are pretty sure this problem is fixed, but you won't pick up the fix unless you follow the steps above.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[dst463]

In the BBO mailbox that pops up when I log in, deleting all the messages doesn't work (the same messages appear when I log in again). Everything is okay when I delete the messages one by one. Win 10 and Chrome. Love the new look and challenges by the way!

[1eyedjack]

I have never seen this before or since:

 

I am kibitzing a table but the imps gained and lost is too narrow.

 

https://kvisit.com/S9sLmAw

 

The standard solution to this when this would be to click your mouse on the dividing border between columns at the column header row and drag the width as desired, but the option does not appear here.

 

Contrast the view of "Other Tables" which displays just fine:

 

https://kvisit.com/S98LmAw

[ye17]

In the BBO mailbox that pops up when I log in, deleting all the messages doesn't work (the same messages appear when I log in again). Everything is okay when I delete the messages one by one. Win 10 and Chrome. Love the new look and challenges by the way!

 

Same for me using Firefox.

[1eyedjack]

I have never seen this before or since:

 

I am kibitzing a table but the imps gained and lost is too narrow.

 

https://kvisit.com/S9sLmAw

 

The standard solution to this when this would be to click your mouse on the dividing border between columns at the column header row and drag the width as desired, but the option does not appear here.

 

Contrast the view of "Other Tables" which displays just fine:

 

https://kvisit.com/S98LmAw

Never mind this one. Solved it. Just increase the width of the entire scoring pane by dragging the pane divider to the left a bit.

[diana_eva]

Never mind this one. Solved it. Just increase the width of the entire scoring pane by dragging the pane divider to the left a bit.

 

That one shd be fixed, clear your cache and try again. Seems fixed to me, but good to double-check.

[cosmok]

I've previously set up and successfully completed a number of challenge matches; however, I seem to have a problem with one of my arena challenge matches. When I first log in, it is listed with a green dot and when I click on it and press the 'play now' button the screen does briefly change to the the playing environment showing the 3 robots seated, but quickly returns me to the challenge page, saying "challenge completed". If I log out and back in again the challenge is once again listed with a green icon.

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Andrew

[lycier]

I am very worried about the connection speed, the current client is better than new one, its line speed is faster and more stable. If BBO will use this new client, how about us? Please BBO would help our chinese users of the China mainland.

[lycier]

I have a question on " CHALLENGES ".

While we join " CHANLENGES ", we will play with three Gib robots,

1- Are those robots basic or advanced ?

2- I guess it may be basic, no problem, however all the Gib robots can promise it would be same lead as all the players ? if not, it would be unfair play I think.

[fred]

I am very worried about the connection speed, the current client is better than new one, its line speed is faster and more stable. If BBO will use this new client, how about us? Please BBO would help our chinese users of the China mainland.

I can not imagine any reason why the connection quality would have changed in the new client.

 

Almost certainly there is either some other factor that explains what you are seeing or it is just a random thing.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[Left2Right]

A special congrats to Fred, Uday and company for recreating this wonderful blast from the past.

 

Here's a partial screen capture of the new v48 BBO screen motif.

 

http://www.charlesandgerry.com/bridge/graphics/origBBO48.jpg

 

 

Now compare this to a scan I just took from my stash of phone company IBM punch cards (circa 1969).

Yes, we from that era loved to write and draw on the back of these cards, so why shouldn't Fred. 8-)

 

http://www.charlesandgerry.com/bridge/graphics/blueMMU.jpg

 

 

P.S. The phone company computer spat out this MMU card when the switching office machinery got the call record wrong.

An accounting lady with an eye shade would review the card and submit a corrected one so you could be properly billed.

 

P.P.S. For those born after 1980, refer to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punched_card