Some minor quick suggestions(again).

[tacto]

Well they wont look that great on the left...they have to be bottom or top.

My 2c.

[richard]

dlester: I prefer them as close to the board as possible, the left is only uncluttered when the problem details are not being shown.  Another reason is that the board display is also used for the PGN viewer, so when people embed the PGN viewer into their own page the navigation controls usually need to be very close to the board.

Regards,
Richard.

[d-man]

these were good suggestions, and I like their implementation.

any chance for something like, say, input amount of problems to do and stop. put "300" problems and they continue until the end, to help you "stay the course" for that amount. Or at least a statistic for how many problems you've done in the last 24 hours.

[richard]

Hi d-man,

Yes that type of functionality is in the early planning stage at the moment.  It will not be the first set of premium features but I will hopefully have time for implementing that type of problem solving in the near future.

Regards,
Richard.

[tacto]

I know you did it for blitz but please do it for Standard too. A slight pause before the piece moves...it doesn't need to be as much as blitz though. Sometimes its just nice to KNOW where the piece came from...

There is a principle that suffers from this if you dunno where it comes from.

"the space left behind" something was always doing something and once it moves it creates weaknesses at those squares but if you have no idea where that is then you can't take that into account lol

Thanks Richard for all the updates.

[richard]

I think adding a list of moves is probably a better solution than putting a pause into standard mode. I've added a move list to the todo list.

Regards,
Richard.

[tacto]

well not really a pause...the problem is when you start the problem the piece moves, whether everything is done loading or not...so its kinda annoying. It should just wait like a second so you can spot where it comes form lol

[tmr]

A move list is a great idea!

I too have noticed the problem of the first move occuring before the problem has completely displayed itself.  The move list would solve this (except for en passent I suppose).  I guess one other nice feature would be if you change your preference for highlighting the last move that it take effect right away (i.e., the board is redrawn).  That way if you miss the first move you can always have a way to regenerate it.

[richard]

tmr: It is probably easier to add the move list than it would be to have highlight move take effect immediately (due to the way highlight move is currently implemented). I may not get to the move list in the next week, but it is reasonably high on the todo list.

Regards,
Richard.

[tacto]

Is there a reason why you don't give it a slight pause? I don't think there is anything negative to that?

Just wondering why you don't like the suggestion.

[drahacikfm]

I don't pay much attention to the opponent's move when solving a position.  But yes, a delay of one second would help, because the piece is moving immediately, even before the whole board is displayed.  And I don't think waiting one second would bother anyone.

[richard]

Tacto,

I might look at adding the pause to standard at some point but as I think the move list is a better solution (even the one second delay isn't enough if you get distracted and look away at the start of the tactic) as well as offering other advantages (such as users comments would become more accurate, often comments include wrong moves or correct moves but wrong move numbers which can make it hard to understand what the user was trying to say about a problem). As I don't have time to do everything at once I've prioritized the move list over the delay (even though the delay would take less time to implement due to already having it available for blitz).

Regards,
Richard.

[tacto]

I understand it's fine. Thanks.

If the users look away then its their fault lol.