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Avatar of Martin_McBlunder

Hey y'all. 

I have been fiddling with a new design for the chess.com website. Just something I did in my spare time for fun. I was looking for a way to limit the waste of space and give as much attention as possible to the games. I see some issues with the menu on the left (example: hard to see hours remaining of game etc. ) but this is my first stab at it. 

Right side with game data and controllers are obviously not finished :)

What do you think? What would you have changed?

 

Avatar of ijgeoffrey
Interesting, and very similar to chess.com V3, which I beta-test. I think they had the same idea you did with making the board more prominent.
Avatar of Martin_McBlunder

That's very cool :) Maybe I could be of any help for the Beta team? 

Avatar of ijgeoffrey

I don't see why not. :) If you join the "Chess.com V3" group, I believe you will become a beta-tester, and be able to enter V3, report bugs, leave feedback, etc.

Avatar of tyler

haha nice job!  V3 actually looks sort of like that.

Avatar of Martin_McBlunder

thx, How can I join the v3 group?

Avatar of tyler

Sadly, I'm not sure if its open to all members yet - I'll have to check on that.

Avatar of ijgeoffrey

It's still a private group, but you can go here: http://www.chess.com/groups/view/chesscom-v3, click "Join Group," and submit an application. You could even link to this thread in your application. I suppose they might not let you in, but it's worth a shot.

Avatar of Martin_McBlunder

I just asked to join. We'll see if I can get in :)

I would think there should be an option to scale the board up and down in size.

Avatar of ijgeoffrey

That is an option in V3.