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matmat, on Oct 5 2008, 05:20 PM, said:

you are suggesting a change which is completely unnecessary and, pretty much, pointless. I'll repeat what i said earlier...

in a relaxed game you can explain bids in the chat window and noone will care. It is easier to use the chat window and it has more space for explanations than the limited bid alert box.

in a serious game people will object to using the chat window for explanations. they will also object if your partner can see the bid box alerts.

your suggestions bring nothing new or useful and there already is enough functionality in the software to help people improve their game by discussing methods as they come up.

It is simply not true that noone will care.
It is also not necessary to keep talking about "serious games". As i have said three times by now: FD could be (and of course would be) turned off by default. End of story.
And i do wonder how you can say that it is not useful. Of course you have more space in the chat box. But (as i have also said earlier) it might be overlooked. And it might lead certain opps to the opinion that you are abusing it. And it might be very useful for not so experienced players. I'll keep repeating myself meeting serious opposition without any real arguments. Sorry, unless that happens this was my last post on this topic.

@ jillybean: Yes, yes and yes. I have just dubbed it FD. The "official" FD is something different altogether, i know.