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Mobile App Alpha

TL;DR: A couple of things I noticed:
1. After installing and login, it didn't pick up on all my preferences, namely, the pieces I use (cburnett) although they were available in the app.

2. Solving a few puzzles, when the rating change is single-digit it is displayed larger and seems a bit more prominent compared to when the rating change is double-digit. It's a bit odd, imho, *should* be displayed using the same font and size.
Wooow amazing new app but i miss some things special in analyze mode

-graphs from rating evolve among time
-opening explorer
* I really miss the option to have more than 1 shortcut for game types on the home page. (2+1 and 5+0)
* I feel it is harder to aim and click the correct square .Either the touch boundaries got smaller or it is just the experience.
* A style with true black in the gui for oled screens would be great.
* The android swipe motion seems disabled when in the analysis board. This might have been a design choice but in praxis it is very irritating, I'd prefer it still working.

Pixel 4a, Android 13
Hello

I also like the simplicity of the app.
But I couldn't find the table editor, and I couldn't play any match(I start a match and it's just loading) .
I very liked the Study function and I don't see it here.
I also would like to play other chess variant's like chess960.

Best regards!
Would be nice to know what engine is on the app like in the old app. I assume a version of stockfish but would be good to know. It runs really really fast on my iPhone.

For analysis the games analysis starts on the last move. I don’t know anyone who analyses their games backwards! And so you have to click through all the way to the opening. Ideally analysis would start from move 1, or like the old app, have a single button for going to the start. Scrolling to move one on the moves list is not ideal especially if a long game as you have to scroll all the way to the start of the moves list which is also fiddly.
@klanger said in #37:
> Would be nice to know what engine is on the app like in the old app. I assume a version of stockfish but would be good to know. It runs really really fast on my iPhone.
>
It stockfish 16, you can press the number in the top right.
Thanks @NFChess13 that's useful.

It's a nice and clean app that runs well so far.

Another comment I have is that on the list of recent games it doesn't tell me the opening. I often remember which game it is based on the opening - I can't identify the game by username of the person I played. I think opening would be more useful info than when the game was played when displayed in the recent games list.

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