Life In 19x19

Well, in the end the solution I went with was to go back to Java update 6.31, which worked fine, and inspired me to restrict Java's running in my web browser - which is positive in a way, as my browsing should be more secure, but still...

Not ideal, and I am looking in to which solution I should ...

Thank you for the replies guys. Sorry it took me a while to get back to you.
I did manage to resolve my problem by downloading a historic version of Java - 6.31 - which has avoided the issue.
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As far as I am aware, there is no other way to run CGoban other than with Java (Web Start ...

Since updating to Java 7, I have been unable to log on to KGS.

CGoban works fine, but when attempting to log on to KGS, I get a message saying "can't connect to the server - the server may be down, please try again later"

I switched off my firewall (Zonealarm free firewall) to see whether this was ...

I haven't had much success with turn-based go - I prefer to get my games done in quick order.
However, the only chess games I have ever won were turn-based, and that was due to me taking my time to think through the possibilities, and consider each move.
At the moment, my go is suffering a little ...

My €0.02 on this debate:

Go is not the same game that it used to be - especially now that the majority of games (I would guess) happen over the internet. The ritual and habits associated with the game are vanishing now that it's perfectly possible to learn to play without ever sitting down with a ...