[annieykc]

There seems to be increasing confusion over when one should alert a bid rather than to announce a bid. Wouldn’t it be easIer for everyone that if an explanation of a bid Is given, it is automatically alerted? This way no one should be confused and it would decrease the amount of time lost in explaining, and re-explaining bids as nauseum ?

[sfi]

The person who makes an unusual bid should explain it using the text field next to the bid. If they forget to do it when they bid, they can do so later by clicking on the bid, clicking the Explain button and then entering the explanation.

Once a bid has an explanation attached, it is highlighted. Both opponents (and any kibitzers) can see this and read the explanation at their leisure. The partner of the person who made the bid cannot see the highlight, alert or explanation.

[stanmaz]

annieykc, on 2020-April-27, 18:20, said:

There seems to be increasing confusion over when one should alert a bid rather than to announce a bid. Wouldn’t it be easIer for everyone that if an explanation of a bid Is given, it is automatically alerted? This way no one should be confused and it would decrease the amount of time lost in explaining, and re-explaining bids as nauseum ?

Consider using BBOalert for alert automation.

All you need in the beginning is to install BBOalert and play. BBOalert will :

record alerted calls
alert automatically the recorded calls

Thereafter you can decide to use advanced features :

efficient coding of alerts using wild cards and RegEx expressions
declare conventions in optional blocks of code that can be turned ON and OFF
declare which conventions you play with which partner
Seat-dependent openings and development
Vulnerability-dependent openings and development
Keyboard shortcuts and abbreviations
Full Disclosure BSS file support

References :
- project page : https://github.com/stanmaz/BBOalert- installation Firefox :
- installation Firefox : https://addons.mozil.../addon/bboalert
- installation Chrome : https://chrome.googl...ihaaljhjdaombni
- Facebook user group : https://www.facebook...06384146770707/

[barmar]

annieykc, on 2020-April-27, 18:20, said:

There seems to be increasing confusion over when one should alert a bid rather than to announce a bid. Wouldn’t it be easIer for everyone that if an explanation of a bid Is given, it is automatically alerted? This way no one should be confused and it would decrease the amount of time lost in explaining, and re-explaining bids as nauseum ?

If you explain the bid, it's shown in a different color. If you click the Alert button, it gets a red border. If you do both, it gets both.

So the bid is highlighted in either case.