[hrothgar]

Hi All

From my perspective, significant improvements could be made to BBO by making a relatively simple set of enhancements to the Convention Card utility.  Unfortunately, the existing convention card system is inadequate to display anything other than an extremely basic and standard system.

Ideally, I would like to see BBO use an embedded web browser to render .HTML based convention cards.  For a example of what I am suggesting, please take a look at the following URL.

http://web.mit.edu/~...O%20simple.html

The hypertext format allows users to represent convention cards as a hierarchical tree, which allows users to add much more information to the convention card while avoiding information overload.  In particular, I like being able to provide suggested defenses to some of the more unusual opening bids, as well as detailed descriptions of response structures as hyperlinks off of the system summary.

One possible implementation would allow users to mark their convention cards with standard “bookmarks”.  For example, the detailed description of the system’s 1NT opening would always been marked with the same bookmark.  In turn, this would allow developers to establish links between the bidding window and the embedded web browser.  Clicking on the 1C opening bid would automatically change the focus of the web browser to the detailed description of the 1NT opening bid.

I believe that this would represent a significant improvement over the existing implement with minimal coding effort.  In turn, members of the user community might volunteer to provide HTML convention files for a variety of standard systems.

Regards,

Richard

[Mike]

I like, and appriciate very high of your MOSCITO activity Rihard, but permit me a simple question. Do you think really, anybody can learn MOSCITO, play it or defence against it from a cc during an on-line game ? lol.   I think cc enthusiasts are missing the boat here in respect to BBO. On-line game is not a top level face to face tournament with screens,  majestic world class participants, high stakes, and months of preparation against would be opponents. For the thousands of ordinary on-line players like me BBO provides more than enough path to improve.   The cc topic here feels out of place. If you have so much energy, organizing a MOSCITO club or a Polish Club club would be really beneficial.

[skrshawk]

Fred has made some commentary regarding this subject in the Non-natural systems forum, you may wish to refer to it for the sake of knowing what's going on .

Thanks,
John