Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Wagner
Gerd Lorscheid wrote: Hi! > I have created the following "default configuration: > > On the left there is the chessboard. > On the right there is > * A database switcher with three databases: "My games", "My analysis", > "Reference database" loaded by startup through a shortcut > * Game notation

Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Wagner
Gerd Lorscheid wrote: Hi! > you are right, but this is not my point. My point is there is no consistent > way, a typical new user (one which does not read manuals) can find out how > to perform elementary tasks. Well those who can read have a clear advantage. (Ok, I have my doubts about the cor

Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
Hi, I have created the following "default configuration: On the left there is the chessboard. On the right there is * A database switcher with three databases: "My games", "My analysis", "Reference database" loaded by startup through a shortcut * Game notation window * Game tree of the re

Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
Hello Alexander, you are right, but this is not my point. My point is there is no consistent way, a typical new user (one which does not read manuals) can find out how to perform elementary tasks. - If you right click on a move there should be an option "Add comment", which maybe just open

Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Wagner
Gerd Lorscheid wrote: Hi! > I finished too early. After finding out that there is a comment window > which I have to open e.g. from the menu bar, I want to remove a game and > searching the game list in the menu bar. But there is nothing, but > surprisingly there right mouse click option in th

Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Wagner
Gerd Lorscheid wrote: Hi! > I played a bit around with Scid, because I wanted to show the program as > alternative to Chessbase the next days. So I replayed a game and wanted > to comment a move with a question-mark. So how to do it. Focus the main window, press ? and (I just made those bind

Re: [Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
Hello again, I finished too early. After finding out that there is a comment window which I have to open e.g. from the menu bar, I want to remove a game and searching the game list in the menu bar. But there is nothing, but surprisingly there right mouse click option in the game

[Scid-users] Usablity issues

2010-06-30 Thread Gerd Lorscheid
Hello, I played a bit around with Scid, because I wanted to show the program as alternative to Chessbase the next days. So I replayed a game and wanted to comment a move with a question-mark. So how to do it. I followed Windows guidelines, clicked on this move and pressed the ri

Re: [Scid-users] Show continuation (not opening) in games window?

2010-06-30 Thread Alexander Wagner
Mark Morss wrote: Hi! > One tricky point is that the move number of the continuation from the > current position is not necessarily the same across all games. Further > there is the complication that the current position may occur more than > once in any given game. Some conventions would have