tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155916.post8844348960715866830..comments2023-10-27T15:40:53.653+13:00Comments on Bob's development blog: GGZRobert Ancellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06377999550703204187noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155916.post-69437030159688719122007-05-10T04:10:00.000+12:002007-05-10T04:10:00.000+12:00Uh, libchess sounds very interesting. But yes, we ...Uh, libchess sounds very interesting. But yes, we can look into that sometime later.Thomas DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696428813548999653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155916.post-2594519626968337672007-05-08T12:29:00.000+12:002007-05-08T12:29:00.000+12:00Based on my testing? About two (and they're both m...Based on my testing? About two (and they're both me).<BR/><BR/>Yes, ICS is a more logical place for playing chess but:<BR/>a) It is complex, both in protocol and UI. I got some support working but it doesn't feel in the spirit of the "just works" gnome philosophy. <BR/>b) By having GGZ support in Gnome the number of users (should?) increase. (There are floods of bug reports coming in from Ubuntu users)<BR/>c) I plan to add (at least some) ICS support later. In the mean-time I would recommend users install pychess :)<BR/><BR/>We may find that casual users prefer GGZ and more serious players prefer ICS. I don't think multiple communities is necessary a bad thing.<BR/><BR/>I think it would be a good idea to at some later point create a Python libchess so that we can share work (so you can easily add GGZ support if you want and I can get your ICS support). At the moment due to limited time the collaboration overhead would be detrimental to progress. And combining the best of two implementations should lead to a more useful library for other users.Robert Ancellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06377999550703204187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20155916.post-91392094889248718202007-05-08T09:09:00.000+12:002007-05-08T09:09:00.000+12:00How many online active users does GGZ have in aver...How many online active users does GGZ have in average? Fics normally has something like 300..Thomas DAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03696428813548999653noreply@blogger.com