Why can I only enter conditional moves when it is my opponent's turn? What if (for example) I have a mate in 7, and I want to enter in the entire thing, before I make the first move?

Whats the problem? Just do it after you make the first move. Some people just love to complain huh?

It's pretty pointless to enter conditional moves in your own turn. If there's a move you are 100% sure is the best possible one, why not just make it?

Must... resist... new features...

The point of entering it on your turn is the same as entering it on your opponent's.  You enter the conditional line and walk away.  It potentially saves you time whether you make it on your opponent's turn or your own.

Valid request in my opinion.  Not sure why there's even resistance to it.  It takes nothing away and adds options to the user.

The point is that if my opponent makes a move while I am entering in potentially complex conditional lines then I have to "start over". Not a huge feature request, perhaps consider it a P3?

Yeah, makes sense. Noted as a P3 :)  We have some huge things we're working on right now, but after we're done with those I'll try and revisit conditional moves. There's a # of improvements I could make I think.

i get it

When you start thinking about it, you realize that the opponent could have entered potentially the same conditional line as you are entering - this is not good. Right now, if you are entering in a long conditional line, and your opponent makes a move, it uses part of what you've already entered in your conditional line. (The moves you enter are committed.) So they'd have to possibly rethink the user experience of the person entering in the conditional moves.

Maybe it is a bit more complex than I was thinking initially.