The New Chess.com Review/ Feedback

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Avatar of MasterMatthew52

They must have! I just saw it too haha. 

Avatar of Atlas_T

I like it! It's human nature to oppose change, comfort zone is very comfortable but once you get used to it it's a big improvement. Visually and practically.

Of course there are still bugs and things to refine, that's why Chess.com staff is working hard. But I am very happy about the way they are doing it.

Well done guys

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Avatar of KnightDimension

It's ok. The more I use it I think the old chess.com may just be better. It's hard to figure out where things are. I have no option to change the size of my board now. There are areas of the page where nothing shows up at all. Labels help also. Maybe some more contrast with a lot of stuff. It's hard to see. Seems to be running slower also.

Avatar of Ziryab

After a few days with v.3, the menus begin to make sense. More sense than v.2!

The current problem: my devices keep reverting to version 2. I'm using 2 now on the iPad to post this message. The old chess.com is starting to become unfamiliar, leading to a disorientation similar to what I experienced when I dusted off my old XP box to use running a chess tournament.

Avatar of dokter_nee

I reverted back to the old one, I like my news section, article section, videos section, and blogs sections, clearly and neatly seperated on the front page. 

The app style lay out on the new one, is just as bad as windows 8 is. I don't want app style layouts on a desktop or laptop. The screen is bigger for a reason.

Also downloads of players archived games doesn't seem to function. 

The live chess changes are okay with me, although the resign or draw buttons are a bitt less user friendly (small, only a symbol) than the older version.

Avatar of KnightDimension

There are aspects to the newer version I like, such as it shows the opening that was used during the game. I using the older version now. Actually I use both, but I think I'm leaning towards the older version...

Avatar of Dojore

Can someone tell me how to get back to the new one please? It seems to have dissapeared

Avatar of MasterMatthew52

There is a button on the top that says return to old chess.com

Avatar of KnightDimension

Snowycat, I'm on your wavelength. Kind of the way I feel.

Avatar of Martin_Stahl
Snowycat wrote:

I cannot get along with the new version after trying it for a while,  although some of the new features are useful.  Why can't they be incorporated in the old version and still have the layouts, links, colours, etc unchanged.

 

The old site is tied to old back-end code. Even if they decided to keep the design, it would need to be completely rewritten to take that into account and to update the code to make it easier to extend and modify in the future.

Avatar of Dojore
MasterMatthew52 wrote:

There is a button on the top that says return to old chess.com

Thank you but I want to use the new one. I can not see any options for that.

Avatar of Martin_Stahl
Dojore wrote:
MasterMatthew52 wrote:

There is a button on the top that says return to old chess.com

Thank you but I want to use the new one. I can not see any options for that.

 

The link is at the bottom of most pages.  It says Try the new Chess.com.

Avatar of Dojore
Martin_Stahl wrote:
Dojore wrote:
MasterMatthew52 wrote:

There is a button on the top that says return to old chess.com

Thank you but I want to use the new one. I can not see any options for that.

 

The link is at the bottom of most pages.  It says Try the new Chess.com.

Aaaaah got it. Thanks so much!

Avatar of Martin_Stahl

I'm not sure what you are seeing. My finished games are not showing on my home page and the Daily games have the completed games below and separate. 

 

The games where it is my move are bright and the ones where it is my opponent's move are dark/shadowed.

Avatar of crossfire125

Where is the endless quiz? Have they deleted it or something?

Avatar of Ziryab
crossfire251 wrote:

Where is the endless quiz? Have they deleted it or something?

 

It wasn't worth keeping. Too many bad questions written by ignoramuses.

 

Avatar of zBorris

Unlock the V3 screen size for mobile users please!

Avatar of Martin_Stahl
zBorris wrote:

Unlock the V3 screen size for mobile users please!

 

My browser has the option to override a site's settings for that. I can zoom on v3 with that feature on. 

Avatar of jbeach12078

I don't know yet, what I think. My initial reaction was that I didn't care for it.  Probably, because I was use to the old format and I don't know where everything is yet.