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2.3.84 for piece dragging

There was an incident with Lichess. A fellow Romanian suggested that the mouse cursor would look better as a hand that is grabbing the pieces and Lichess implemented it. And then all hell broke loose, because apparently it breaks bullet somehow.

Bullet is not chess, anyway, but LiChess Tools to the rescue:

  • the "Nicer piece drag" theme improves visuals for 2D piece dragging and improves functionality for 3D pieces (decreased fake surface area, highlighted destination squares)
  • the "No grab cursor" theme, specifically to undo the cursor change and keep it as a default arrow
  • better resize check (for the cases when you suddenly seem to be grabbing pieces from other squares)

https://siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual#themes

Funny, I was about to implement the grabbing hand myself until Thibault beat me to it and got all this grief.

A new feature: "Next move behavior for variations" - it gives you the option to treat multiple variations in Analysis board like Chessbase does: a popup where you see all the variations and select from them with the arrow keys. You have to enable "Force choice".

https://siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual#forkBehavior

A new feature: "Active title icon" - it will change the browser tab icon based on what is happening in that tab. For normal situations it shows the yellow Lichess logo (which I think is nicer than the default icon) and for situations where a board is present (like Watch TV, a game, broadcast game, analysis, study) it will show a black or a white pawn, depending on whose turn it is. When the game ends, the Lichess logo is restored, so you can easily see when someone makes a move even if you are not on that tab.

https://siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual#activeIcon

If you find new situations where you would like a different icon, let me know. Getting chat messages is an idea, but for those you have notifications.

There was an incident with Lichess. A fellow Romanian suggested that the mouse cursor would look better as a hand that is grabbing the pieces and Lichess implemented it. And then all hell broke loose, because apparently it breaks bullet somehow. Bullet is not chess, anyway, but LiChess Tools to the rescue: - the "Nicer piece drag" theme improves visuals for 2D piece dragging and improves functionality for 3D pieces (decreased fake surface area, highlighted destination squares) - the "No grab cursor" theme, specifically to undo the cursor change and keep it as a default arrow - better resize check (for the cases when you suddenly seem to be grabbing pieces from other squares) https://siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual#themes Funny, I was about to implement the grabbing hand myself until Thibault beat me to it and got all this grief. A new feature: "Next move behavior for variations" - it gives you the option to treat multiple variations in Analysis board like Chessbase does: a popup where you see all the variations and select from them with the arrow keys. You have to enable "Force choice". https://siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual#forkBehavior A new feature: "Active title icon" - it will change the browser tab icon based on what is happening in that tab. For normal situations it shows the yellow Lichess logo (which I think is nicer than the default icon) and for situations where a board is present (like Watch TV, a game, broadcast game, analysis, study) it will show a black or a white pawn, depending on whose turn it is. When the game ends, the Lichess logo is restored, so you can easily see when someone makes a move even if you are not on that tab. https://siderite.dev/blog/lichess-tools---user-manual#activeIcon If you find new situations where you would like a different icon, let me know. Getting chat messages is an idea, but for those you have notifications.

BTW, I know that some of the features were there since 2.3.80, but they have been improved.

BTW, I know that some of the features were there since 2.3.80, but they have been improved.

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