RE: [Bug-gnubg] Suggestion from GV

[Ian Shaw]

From: Albert Silver
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 8:24 PM
> To: GNUBackgammon bug reporting
> Subject: [Bug-gnubg] Suggestion from GV
>
> I like the idea but would add that I'd prefer it if the 
> buttons (should
> they be implemented) didn't say 1-1, 2-1, 1-2 as Snowie does 
> but instead
> DMP, GG, GS. I'll be honest, I never understood what those 
> buttons were
> for in Snowie until I saw this comment. It's true that a strong player
> may immediately understand that these scores mean DMP, Gammon-Go, and
> Gammon-save, but I think that is taking it too far by forcing 
> players to
> first understand what the button is, and then what the scores imply. 
> 

Ah, but is it true that a non-GoL reader will immediately understand
what GG and GS mean? I don't think the terms are in widespread use. I
still see new readers of the GoL forum asking what they mean.

--
Ian