We've made it easy for you to manage your list of friends (and perhaps list of enemies), so you can know where they are on BridgeBase, when they log on and what they're doing while they are here. If they are playing, there is a way for you to join their table with one click.
You can find your list of friends (and list of enemies) by starting with the My BBO button. This is found on the top BridgeBase task bar. So click on the My BBO button and next, click on Manage Friends and Enemies in the popup menu. You will now be shown a screen separated into two sections - the left for your list of friends, the right for the enemies.
There are two ways to add to these two lists. First you can right click on a person's name and select from the popup window to define as you choose, friend or enemy, and that person's name will be added to the selected list. The second way to add is to type the name directly into the appropriate space on your Manage Friends and Enemies window. This has the advantage of being able to add friends even if they're not online at the time.
This easily maintained friends list has options other than adding and deleting names. A system generated message tells you when a friend has logged on, the screen shows if a friend is online (you'll see yes or no) and clicking on one of the names on either list, pulls up that player's profile.
On this shown profile you can click to send the player a message if he is not in a tournament, leave BridgeBase email for him if he is in a tournament, ask to join his table or initiate the Private Chat option. The Private Chat function puts your conversation with that person in a separate window so you don't miss any replies that may get lost in the middle of other messages scrolling by your chat window.
Speaking of chat, defining someone as an enemy mutes any chat that player sends to you. You simply won't get it. Once you remove the person from your enemy list you will again be able to receive messages from that person.
A handy feature of the profile is your ability to add your personal notes to a player's profile, These can be anything from your opinion of his bridge ability (or lack thereof), to personal observations (he lives in the same city as you) to the systems he does or doesn't play (doesn't like SAYC, only plays 2/1). It's not necessary to mark a person as a friend in order to add your player notes, you can use this feature with any one you have contact with on BridgeBase.