Pascal Georges wrote:
Hi!
> Here is a screenshot of a reworked analysis window (for UCI engines
> only). I removed redundancies for a clearer display.
I came just accorss the following:
- Show Analysis
You changed folding of the analysis diagram form "folding
out" to "folding in". This has the unfortunate
consequence, that it could eat up to much space for the
"Show Analysis" button to disappear.
I'd suggest to either limit the width of this window such,
that the buttons stay visible, or, probably preferable as
it allows for smaller window size (comes in handy on small
displays?) to go back to the old "folding out" behaviour.
- Lines displayed
Currently the best variation is displayed in blue on top
numbered by a gray 1. This is very nice indeed.
However, once you switch the engine mode to "show only one
variation" (maybe as you're only interested in the main
variation or because the engine does not allow for
multi-pv) the UCI protocol switches back to xboard mode,
ie. it gives the history.
While in multi-PV-mode the main variation is displayed
in blue on the top of the list it is now displayed in
black on the bottom of the list. IMHO this inconsistency
should be avoided and the main variation always displayed
on top in blue. Especially for new users this is IMHO
confusing otherwise.
I'd hence suggest to either move the best line up to the
statistic display as it was done before (I'd keep the
current colouring), or put it in an "invisible" separation
on top of the lines subwindow such, that it is always
displayed on top of the history. Just to have a consisten
UI in all cases.
- Main-PV display
I think additionally to "show variation" it might be
helpfull to have a "tooltip board" on each move of the
main variation displayed. I sometimes miss this while
analysing a (for me ;) complex position. Scid offers this
in some browse game window.
Maybe this is also makes "show analysis" obsolete even
saving space?
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