barmar Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 Why not pin one official discussion about the HTML5 client?Or create a specific sub-forum with specific threads for each issue?The current anarchy makes it hard to follow progress on both sides.We generally do create threads for discussions of new versions of things. But people still start their own threads. Or they don't read through the original thread before posting, and post repeats.That aside, tonight I noticed there was a new version. I'm not sure which, it doesn't show under 'Help', which also still talks about "BBO Mobile" and "App" when I am on a PC. There's an announcement in the "News": BBO upgraded! Version 5.1.6 is hereI noticed because it fixed my gripe about using the buttons at the top of History to flip between 'My Table' and 'Other Tables' - thanks :) That said, the buttons are still almost unreadable, "History" now appears on the far right, the buttons at the top are enclosed between "<" and ">" which eat up yet more space and don't disappear even if I give the window almost half the screen width.Those arrow buttons are added whenever all the tab buttons don't fit into the sidebar. They're supposed to disappear when the sidebar is wide enough. The font size of the buttons (and the list of results) increases proportional to the width of the sidebar.When I do flip to "Other Tables", the best result remains highlighted instead of my own - the two do not always coincide B-) Yeah, I've been meaning to complain to someone about that. Also, when you use the pop-up history viewer at a table, it doesn't scroll down to the last board any more.Scrolling up and down to find my own, I hit a situation where it was no longer possible to resize the playing area horizontally and the areas on both sides (including History) were black. Luckily it was still possible to play. I can send a screen shot if necessary.I haven't seen that. Please send a screen shot to support@bridgebase.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionHeart1 Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 There are really some good improvements in the newest HTML5 version. But I noticed some new problems, or perhaps not new, at least new for me. As a TD I found extremely slow loading the list of tables (Director menu, show tables option). Sometimes it takes more than a minute and if I want to take a look at the tables still playing, the next round follows before showing it. The other thing that requires repair, to refresh the list of tourneys. If I change the options of a tourney (or by copying I enter a new tourney), I must switch to another menupoint and switch back in order to see the amendments. Is an automatic refreshment not possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted July 6, 2019 Report Share Posted July 6, 2019 >> We generally do create threads for discussions of new versions of things. But people still start their own threads. Or they don't read through the original thread before posting, and post repeats.I like it when the title is preceded by "[OFFICIAL DISCUSSION] ", people get that easily. >>There's an announcement in the "News"It should be on the first page and/or in the Help too, I think. >>Those arrow buttons are added whenever all the tab buttons don't fit into the sidebar. They're supposed to disappear when the sidebar is wide enough.They didn't disappear even when I gave it almost half the screen width.Although playing an Instant Tournament today (with less buttons?) the arrows were not there even whey I squeezed it quite tight. >>I haven't seen that. Please send a screen shot to support@bridgebase.com.Sent it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 >>Those arrow buttons are added whenever all the tab buttons don't fit into the sidebar. They're supposed to disappear when the sidebar is wide enough.They didn't disappear even when I gave it almost half the screen width.Although playing an Instant Tournament today (with less buttons?) the arrows were not there even whey I squeezed it quite tight.Yeah, I see what you mean. This is because the font size of the History tab automatically adjusts when you resize the sidebar. So if the tab headings don't fit initially, they still dont fit when you expand the sidebar, because the font size increases proportionally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 >> We generally do create threads for discussions of new versions of things. But people still start their own threads. Or they don't read through the original thread before posting, and post repeats.I like it when the title is preceded by "[OFFICIAL DISCUSSION] ", people get that easily.That assumes they even bother to look for an existing thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 That assumes they even bother to look for an existing thread.I've seen it work well in other forums... maybe the moderators were also fairly proactive about closing or merging any duplicate threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pescetom Posted July 7, 2019 Report Share Posted July 7, 2019 Yeah, I see what you mean. This is because the font size of the History tab automatically adjusts when you resize the sidebar. So if the tab headings don't fit initially, they still dont fit when you expand the sidebar, because the font size increases proportionally.Maybe wrap the text of each button on two lines? "Recent tournaments" is quite a long string after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lzrradu Posted July 10, 2019 Report Share Posted July 10, 2019 will it be possible to sort tables by number of kibs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted July 11, 2019 Report Share Posted July 11, 2019 will it be possible to sort tables by number of kibs?When you use "List interesting tables to Watch", the number of kibs is a big factor, so tables with more kibitzers are at the top. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarletv Posted July 13, 2019 Report Share Posted July 13, 2019 When you use "List interesting tables to Watch", the number of kibs is a big factor, so tables with more kibitzers are at the top.I just gave it a try and the list of interesting tables is showing not even one table of the main hall with many kibs. result interesting tables: 3 x vugraph4 x teams with kibs3 x friends (including one more team table)1 x star players (not sure why shown) The list for interesting tables is producing something someone thought it would be helpful. It is a black box where you have no influence just the same way you are treated with advertisement. Some make sense most dont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barmar Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 List Interesting Tables to Watch only shows the top 12 tables. Team games and Vugraph tend to have lots of kibitzers, so they naturally float to the top. The formula used to rank interesting tables to watch is: # people at the table (both players and kibs)+5 x # stars playing+20 x # friends who are playing+3 x # friends who are kibitzing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionHeart1 Posted July 29, 2019 Report Share Posted July 29, 2019 The History of a finished tournament is completely chaotic. It shows twice so many results as played, does not show the adjusted results, does not add the result of the last round to the final result, etc. If I see the results in the BBO-myhands, it is correct there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionHeart1 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 The History of a finished tournament is completely chaotic. It shows twice so many results as played, does not show the adjusted results, does not add the result of the last round to the final result, etc. If I see the results in the BBO-myhands, it is correct there.The duplication of the results happens when one or more ones have been adjusted. Then you can see the calculated results both before and after the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LionHeart1 Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 Another disfunction of the new BBO version:I was TD and wanted to adjust 2 unfinished deals. There was no problem with the first, but when I wanted to adjust the second one, I saw the bids and play of the first one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georooney Posted August 14, 2019 Report Share Posted August 14, 2019 Add my name to the disgruntled players who have tried the new BBO. I am back to running the old version for as long as it remains up. After that, if the new version hasn't morphed back to looking, feeling and acting more like the old version, I'm afraid I'll be saying goodbye to my BBO friends and looking for another online Bridge program (not APP). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nob turner Posted September 9, 2019 Report Share Posted September 9, 2019 Suggestions for the new version: Now, when you click on the name of another player in your game, you get 3 options: Remove, Remove and Lock Seat, and Get Profile. Instead of putting Remove FIRST, put Get Profile first. That's most likely what we want to do, and that will help us avoid removing players accidenatally. Once you get a player's profile, it stays active until you click the Close box or hit the Escape key. In the Flash version, it faded out after awhile. That was better. The HTML version is slower than the Flash version. I hope that can be improved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nob turner Posted September 26, 2019 Report Share Posted September 26, 2019 more issues: when someone leaves your table and you check to see where they've gone, they're still listed as being at your table. not sure if i've posted this one before: Dummy's trump is shown on the right, at least when your LHO is dummy. that is never done in live bridge. it was never done in the flash version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
broze Posted September 27, 2019 Report Share Posted September 27, 2019 I have found the new version fine so far apart from one massive issue which means I will be sticking with the old version until it is changed. In fact, I wonder if it is something I am doing wrong? Viewing tournament results and hands I've played in the new version is painful. As far as I can see the only way to do this is to select the history tab on the right-hand side. But then the window for clicking through the hands is tiny! Yes I can resize the window but it doesn't increase the size of the board that much and ruins the look. The review hands feature on the old software was perfect. Sorry if this has already been covered in this thread. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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