| Date Added | Short Description | Long Description | Who | Version |
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| 08/16/1999 | Saving games
| The ability to save games played on a chess server to a user specified folder on a local drive. PGN format.
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| 08/22/1999 | Show Opening
| Show the name and/or ECO of the opening. This may only be suitable for
observed/examined games due to the extra lag that would be introduced.
Another option is to add an "ECO" button to the game window.
| CK |
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| 08/22/1999 | Examine palette
| Add a piece palette for setup/examine mode.
| | 2.0.4
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| 08/22/1999 | Chess engine
| Add support for running chess engines such as Amateur or crafty.
| | 2.0f2
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| 08/22/1999 | Arrow/circle
| Add support for the arrow and circle commands on the ICC. 2.0b2 has rudimentary
support in that it tells you these commands were used but no drawing is done on the board.
| CK | 2.1
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| 08/22/1999 | Firewalls
| Add support for connecting through firewalls. I probably won't be implementing this myself
as I don't have to deal with a firewall.
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| 08/22/1999 | Capture Sounds
| Use sounds for piece captures.
| CK | 2.0fc1
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| 08/22/1999 | Challenge popup
| Display a popup window for challenges.
| CK |
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| 08/22/1999 | FEN/EPD
| Provide board position in FEN and EPD format for importing into a chess program for analysis.
| J. Scalo |
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| 08/22/1999 | Tile Windows
| For gameboards only. This would automatically arrange boards side by side (i.e. nonoverlapping)
when one is observing/examining/whatever more than one game.
| L. Pereira |
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| 08/22/1999 | Chess Sets
| Add more chess sets. | | 2.0
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| 08/22/1999 | Legal Moves
| Check for legal moves before sending the move to the server. Presently,
Fixation sends the move to the chess server for move validation.
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| 08/22/1999 | Log Server Output
| Log the chess server output to a local file.
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| 08/22/1999 | Editable Commands
| User editable commands in the Commands menu. Using aliases on the server does the same thing.
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| 08/22/1999 | Move Lists
| Display a move list window or attach to game board window.
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| 08/22/1999 | Square Patterns
| Allow patterns to be used for square colors.
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| 08/22/1999 | Hilite Draw
| Hilite the draw offer. Also could use a distinct sound or speech. 2.0b2 hilites the offer in the text window.
| | 2.0b3
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| 08/22/1999 | Remember Boards
| Save the size and location of more than two boards in the preferences file.
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| 08/22/1999 | Logon Script
| After logging on, run a local script containing commands to be sent to the server.
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| 10/02/1999 | Known server names
| In the Server connection dialog, there should be a default list of known server names for the ICC and FICS.
| | 2.0
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| 10/04/1999 | Load PGN files
| Load PGN files and play through them either locally or on a chess server.
Also be able to provide annotations and save them to an updated PGN file.
| T. Kokesh |
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| 12/05/1999 | Coordinates
| Display square coordinates along the sides of the game board.
| andrew |
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| 12/05/1999 | Function keys
| Provide the ability for the user to program the function keys (F1-F12).
| SoleSurvivor |
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| 02/06/2000 | Channel colors
| Add the ability to use different colors for channels.
| A. Roberts |
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| 02/23/2000 | All seek ads list
| When "sought all" is entered, capture the list returned by the server,
display the list in a dialog window and when an entry is selected, automatically issue
a "play" command for the seek ad.
| L. Pereira |
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| 02/23/2000 | History/library list
| Capture the lists from the history and library server commands, display them in a
dialog window and then enter examine mode for any selected game from the list.
| CK |
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| 03/24/2000 | Highlight last move
| Add an option to highlight the last move made.
| J. Antonio | 2.0.2
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| 02/06/2001 | Text clipping
| Support text clippings to/from the desktop.
| Dr. Bogue |
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| 02/27/2001 | Tenths seconds
| When clock time is under 10 seconds, shows tenths of a second as well.
| CK |
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| 03/03/2001 | Promote to K
| In suicide games, add King to promotion window.
| TechDeck | 2.0.3
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| 4/25/2001 | Display captured pieces.
| Add an option to display the captured pieces in a game.
| Hank |
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| 04/29/2001 | Separate window for says
| Put opponent says in a separate window or attach them to the game window.
| Alex |
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| 04/29/2001 | Chess engine UI
| Add a friendly user interface for using chess engines.
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| 04/29/2001 | NLS
| Add support for other languages which can be dynamically changed by the user.
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| 05/27/2001 | Draw&Resign buttons
| Add Draw and Resign buttons to the game window when playing a game.
| W. Malave |
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| 06/29/2001 | Move by clicking
| Instead of dragging pieces with the mouse (or other comparable device) or entering moves
by the keyboard, the user would simply click the from and to squares with the mouse.
| W. Malave |
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| 07/18/01 | Hypertext links
| When a URL is displayed in the console, it should be underlined and when clicked, it should
launch your web browser. Also, any server commands in double quotes should issue that command
when clicked.
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| 12/26/2001 | More Seek Graph Filters
| Add options to filter out game types such as wild and suicide.
| Mage (FICS) |
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| 01/05/2002 | Notification menu
| Add a notification menu which lists the players on your notification list that are logged on.
| D. Getz |
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| 11/05/2002 | Flash time
| Allow the user to specify the amount of time before the time remaining
in a game window starts flashing. Currently, is it hardcoded to 10 seconds.
| T. Brannon |
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