[Kaitlyn S]

I saw a friend's copy of BBO on an old client - another thread told me here that it was unavailable to me.

The old client had access to chat rooms where people of similar bridge interests would discuss things. Can the online players enter those also?

The old client had bridge movies where one could key in a hand, save it, and use GIB to determine double dummy results. Do the online players have this functionality available to them?

[1eyedjack]

I have rather forgotten about the old client having long since been converted (and was a die hard old client advocate until conversion - it was something of a quantum flip after sticking with the new for a bit).

There are still one or two trivial functions available through the old client which I guess will never be available through the web interface, due to the underlying architecture rather than by conscious intent.

The old client software still works if you can find the installation program somewhere. BBO no longer advertises it but I think it is still available. Sorry I can't provide the link, but a search of this forum may give it.

The greater problem is likely to be that BBO accounts created after a certain date (not sure when) cannot access BBO at all via the Windows download client.

But as regards your final question, I tend to use a third party app, Double Dummy Solver by Bridge Captain:

http://www.bridgecap...downloadDD.html

[barmar]

No, chat rooms cannot be used in the online clients. You can simply open a table but not bother to play.

There are so many other ways to chat online, like skype, facebook, twitter, yahoo messenger, etc. that it hardly seems necessary for us to provide another one. Things were different when the original BBO client was written.

[Kaitlyn S]

barmar, on 2016-August-27, 20:22, said:

No, chat rooms cannot be used in the online clients. You can simply open a table but not bother to play.

There are so many other ways to chat online, like skype, facebook, twitter, yahoo messenger, etc. that it hardly seems necessary for us to provide another one. Things were different when the original BBO client was written.

This is so true but I know of one group that has their monthly chats in a BBO chat room. Fortunately, I am not yet a member of this group, otherwise I would be shut out.

[1eyedjack]

If and when they encounter a situation when they would like a new member of their chat group who cannot access it, then they will have an incentive to change their arrangements. At that time they will be spoilt for choice.