#1 - Finish the current release. Mostly it will be extra support tools for admins. Also includes one feature for users, not a huge one. #2 - A better client for Android tablets. Right now the tablet client is very much like the phone client, which is kind of stupid because the phone client tries hard to leave out stuff in order to fit everything into a 4" screen. #3 - Move to new hardware. Probably at a new ISP. My current ISP has been bought twice since I first moved to them, and their prices are now astronomically higher than their competitors. #4 - Major change which I'd rather not talk all that much about. It does relate to what I've discussed before here, in that it is a big modernization of the client.
However there is something else on the horizon that may or may not happen, and if it does, it will mean reworking this list a lot. We'll see.
KGS is not done. But progress on it does move slowly.
@#2: The android client got me into the smart phone market, and as soon as a tablet optimized kgs is released, I'll definitely go there as well. Any news on this?
The client is now tablet optimized. It makes good use of the bigger space.
I'm in the process of #3. The server is provisioned, the database is there, the games are being copied as we speak (will take a week or two though). Then I need to run a beta copy of the server there to make sure all is right, then last flip the big red switch and we should be on the new server.
And I've announced what #4 is. It's an HTML client. Still a long ways off though.
#1 - Finish the current release. Mostly it will be extra support tools for admins. Also includes one feature for users, not a huge one. #2 - A better client for Android tablets. Right now the tablet client is very much like the phone client, which is kind of stupid because the phone client tries hard to leave out stuff in order to fit everything into a 4" screen. #3 - Move to new hardware. Probably at a new ISP. My current ISP has been bought twice since I first moved to them, and their prices are now astronomically higher than their competitors. #4 - Major change which I'd rather not talk all that much about. It does relate to what I've discussed before here, in that it is a big modernization of the client.
However there is something else on the horizon that may or may not happen, and if it does, it will mean reworking this list a lot. We'll see.
KGS is not done. But progress on it does move slowly.
@#2: The android client got me into the smart phone market, and as soon as a tablet optimized kgs is released, I'll definitely go there as well. Any news on this?
The client is now tablet optimized. It makes good use of the bigger space.
I'm in the process of #3. The server is provisioned, the database is there, the games are being copied as we speak (will take a week or two though). Then I need to run a beta copy of the server there to make sure all is right, then last flip the big red switch and we should be on the new server.
And I've announced what #4 is. It's an HTML client. Still a long ways off though.
Really?! Oh no, I need to go invest again then. Sorry I didn't find out myself. Does anybody have pictures or videos of it running on a tablet?
MadsS wrote:Really?! Oh no, I need to go invest again then. Sorry I didn't find out myself. Does anybody have pictures or videos of it running on a tablet?
No, no pictures or videos. It looks a lot like the phone client except everything is bigger and arranged to fit the bigger screen, and the chat is next to the board instead of being a popup.
Also, make sure you get a Honeycomb tablet. Older tablets will not get these improvements, and will end up looking like a giant phone client.
MadsS wrote: Really?! Oh no, I need to go invest again then. Sorry I didn't find out myself. Does anybody have pictures or videos of it running on a tablet?
Since I just happened to have this picture handy....
MadsS wrote: Really?! Oh no, I need to go invest again then. Sorry I didn't find out myself. Does anybody have pictures or videos of it running on a tablet?
Since I just happened to have this picture handy....
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Just what I was looking for (including the bird). Thank you.
