Maybe the Programmers could build a button in Spectator mode (even in live playing mode) to rotate the board to see it from any of the 4 angles. But it should not be very easy to use it by mistake.
It would sure look awesome spinning around! But it does not have to be animated.
It would help people see the new notation better and the direction of the pawns better.
It might improve the ability of spectators to figure out what is going on for all four players.
I thought of this because Scrabble boards turn when you play Scrabble in order so people can read the words better, but some people are very good at playing upside-down in case the Scrabble board does not have a Lazy Susan on it. (There are other subtle differences between Chess and Scrabble but I will not go into all of them).
(I am not too sure but I kind of think it might be more important to make sideways-going pawns lean sideways. I wonder how that would look ... If it looks wrong then maybe just put an arrow on them or two arrows to show how they can capture! it could be a v pointed in one of 4 directions. But in a game if I am concentrating I have learned pretty fast that pawns from certain armies can capture in an unusual direction)
Maybe the Programmers could build a button in Spectator mode (even in live playing mode) to rotate the board to see it from any of the 4 angles. But it should not be very easy to use it by mistake.
It would sure look awesome spinning around! But it does not have to be animated.
It would help people see the new notation better and the direction of the pawns better.
It might improve the ability of spectators to figure out what is going on for all four players.
I thought of this because Scrabble boards turn when you play Scrabble in order so people can read the words better, but some people are very good at playing upside-down in case the Scrabble board does not have a Lazy Susan on it. (There are other subtle differences between Chess and Scrabble but I will not go into all of them).
(I am not too sure but I kind of think it might be more important to make sideways-going pawns lean sideways. I wonder how that would look ... If it looks wrong then maybe just put an arrow on them or two arrows to show how they can capture! it could be a v pointed in one of 4 directions. But in a game if I am concentrating I have learned pretty fast that pawns from certain armies can capture in an unusual direction)