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Support for Kibbitzers Viewing options - make therm more accessible

#1 User is offline   JustaDummy 

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Posted 2012-January-12, 17:22

I use the Flash app. I have to, because I use the Mac exclusively. I watch a lot. No, a LOT! A bit like Peter Sellers in "Being There." I'm trying to learn more, so I Kibbitz.

I habitually Kib South, and bid and play along. But it irks me that, for every table I Kib, I have to go Options>More options>Advanced options> Kibbitz South every freaking time. I know that the Flash app can't save prefs, but a couple of buttons tucked away somewhere in the screen real estate would make life better for me on BBO.

Otherwise, LOVE the software!
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Posted 2012-January-13, 09:22

The Flash app certain CAN save prefs -- it saves your preferences for sound, card pictures vs. hand diagrams, etc. We just don't happen to have a preference for this option.

We try to minimize the number of preferences (the Windows app went way overboard), and prefer them to have fairly wide use. Always kibitzing a particular compass direction seems like a pretty unusual preference. Except for the daily CAYNE matches, what's so special about South?

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Posted 2012-January-13, 09:51

View Postbarmar, on 2012-January-13, 09:22, said:

what's so special about South?

Until I realized kibitzing N,E,W would rotate the hands, I only ever kibitzed south. I want the hands in the correct orientation :)
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Posted 2012-January-13, 10:00

There is a shortcut to Options->More Options->Advanced Options for setting which seat you want to kibitz - just right click on the seat in question and select "Kibitz South" (for example) on the menu that appears.

I tend to agree with Barmar that this is not the sort of option we should be saving. While I think it is great that you use this method in an attempt to improve your bridge, I doubt there are very many BBO members who do this (especially when it comes to always kibitizing one particular seat). I would also be concerned that some users might get confused or annoyed if we saved this option.

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Posted 2012-January-22, 16:23

Thanks all! My lack of familiarity with the software… I didn't know about the right-click option nor about the table rotation. Problem solved! :D
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