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TacticsAndSwindles

Hi, is there any way I can switch back to the old live chess interface? Whenever I try I keep being redirected to the new chess.com/online interface. Chess.com is great, but this new interface (in my personal opinion) just isn't it. I believe users should at least have the choice to be able to switch between the two. 

Former_mod_david

What does your current live chess interface look like? Chess.com is in the process of migrating from one to the other, and shortly there's not going to be any way of going between the two.

TacticsAndSwindles
david wrote:

What does your current live chess interface look like? Chess.com is in the process of migrating from one to the other, and shortly there's not going to be any way of going between the two.

 

Ah, sad to hear that. Current one looks like the beta version

Former_mod_david

There was one that explicitly said "Beta" for awhile there, but I think it's become the default interface. Can you post a screenshot of what you see? And can you articulate what it is you don't like about the interface? Chess.com lets you choose different themes, so you can have a different board and pieces if it's mostly a matter of aesthetics: see Themes - Settings - Chess.com

Martin_Stahl
TacticsAndSwindles wrote:

Hi, is there any way I can switch back to the old live chess interface? Whenever I try I keep being redirected to the new chess.com/online interface. Chess.com is an amazing site, unquestionably the best on the internet, but this new interface (in my personal opinion) just isn't it. I believe users should at least have the choice to be able to switch between the two. 

 

Clear your browser cache and you should be able to get to /live (Play > Live Chess)

Mimchi

I know, and the analysis board is now missing! I need it invite my students and teach them. Does anyone know when this will be fixed?

TacticsAndSwindles
Martin_Stahl wrote:
TacticsAndSwindles wrote:

Hi, is there any way I can switch back to the old live chess interface? Whenever I try I keep being redirected to the new chess.com/online interface. Chess.com is an amazing site, unquestionably the best on the internet, but this new interface (in my personal opinion) just isn't it. I believe users should at least have the choice to be able to switch between the two. 

 

Clear your browser cache and you should be able to get to /live (Play > Live Chess)

 

This worked, thank you.

 

@Mimchi try this

TacticsAndSwindles
david wrote:

There was one that explicitly said "Beta" for awhile there, but I think it's become the default interface. Can you post a screenshot of what you see? And can you articulate what it is you don't like about the interface? Chess.com lets you choose different themes, so you can have a different board and pieces if it's mostly a matter of aesthetics: see Themes - Settings - Chess.com

 

The layout was the same as in what you saw in the beta. After clearing cache it reverted back to the old interface (thankfully). My issues with the new one are several things. There's a lot of options hidden within other options and it feels a bit unnecessary. For example it took me a while to find the open challenges (the graph menu). And it wasn't possible to play guess the move (as soon as I made a move, the position would be stuck on the move I made, so I'd need to refresh the page).  With the old interface everything was a lot more simple and that's what I liked best. 

Martin_Stahl

The new interface should eventually have all the same features.

OutsideMagic

Hello guys, I'm new on chess.com, anyone knows what those numbers on the right ( during the game) means?

Martin_Stahl
OutsideMagic wrote:

Hello guys, I'm new on chess.com, anyone knows what those numbers on the right ( during the game) means?

 

The time taken per move.